Positively linked items in a hunting cabin to the convicts. That cabin reportedly owned by correction officers at least leased by them. Now hundreds of officers are going doortodoor canvassing the woods. Rick is there. Whats happening right now . Reporter more than 1,000 Law Enforcement officers from state, local and federal agencies are spread out. Many focused here in mountainview on this area outside of the upper Titus Mountain its a ski resort where police found the evidence confirming the men spent time in a hunting cabin as recently as saturday. There was a reported sighting last night in the woods above us. Police and helicopters fanned out across the area and came up empty. This search on Titus Mountain were told is over. Investigators going doortodoor today talking to homoners and checking structures on their property. Weve confirmed that items found in the hunting cabin were a positive dna match to the killers. So far theyve managed to stay a step or two ahead of the manhunt.
The fbi is investigating possible drug and corruption there. Much more from those threads. And tonight late word on richard matt and how he looked when the law caught up with them. We start with the time line of david sweats takedown and gary tuchman. Reporter the word came over Police Radios around 3 20 p. M. Gun shorts fired. As scores of police raced to the ironically named town of constable on the Canadian Border there was hope that david sweat had been captured. But only one officer was at the scene. As he was driving down the road he spotted a male basically jogging along the side of the road. He approached him. As he approached the male turned to him and said hey come over here. Reporter the male was david sweat, only two miles as the crow flies from the Canadian Border. The male ignored him. He called out again. At which time the male turned arent like what do you want from me . And he recognized him to be david sweat. Reporter Sergeant Cook says sweat took off from the street