more this morning. good morning george. reporter: carol, good morning. there s the kidnapping, alleged theft of two vehicles, not to mention the escape from prison. fair to say in the last 24 hours it was a wild run of freedom from elliott that culminated here in a high speed chase that ended in a snow bank. a two state man hunt comes to an end overnight after authorities capture the escaped convict serving time for murder. authorities spotted michael david elliott during the traffic stop in la port county, indiana after he spent 24 hours on the run from a michigan prison. he ran over a couple sets of stop sticks our sergeants laid out. his tires were going flat. he lost control of the vehicle, came to an intersection and slid into the snow bank. he wasn t able to move further. reporter: sunday night prison guards discovered elliott missing from his cell.