Search For Inmates Goes Back To Woods

BELLMONT, N.Y. (AP) — Spurred on by fresh evidence, law enforcement officers have methodically combed through heavy woods in far northern New York trying to close in on two murderers who escaped from a maximum-security prison more than two weeks ago.

Authorities began committing heavy resources to the remote woods this week after leads from a hunting camp that was apparently broken into provided credible information. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says officials now have "good evidence, DNA data" for inmates David Sweat and Richard Matt.

Roadblocks were in place Tuesday around the remote hamlets of Owls Head and Mountain View in an area of rugged terrain about 20 miles west of Clinton County Correctional Facility from which the two convicts escaped on June 6. Searchers checked ATV trails and logging roads and went door-to-door.