New lead in hunt for New York prison escapees

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Nina Selipsky Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>New lead in hunt for New York prison escapees</h1>
                <h2><p>Authorities are refocusing their hunt for New York prison escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat after finding DNA from the men on Saturday in a burglarized cabin about 20 miles from the site of their escape. According to NBC, the owner of the cabin saw someone fleeing from the woods,</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/nina-selipsky-crosscut-com/">Nina Selipsky</a></p> 
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            <p>Authorities are refocusing their hunt for New York prison escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat after finding DNA from the men on Saturday in a burglarized cabin about 20 miles from the site of their escape. According to <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/new-york-prison-escape/new-york-prison-escape-dna-one-escapee-found-burglarized-cabin-n379511?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">NBC</a>, the owner of the cabin saw someone fleeing from the woods, and law enforcement authorities promptly converged on the rural community with helicopters and military trucks. The forensic evidence showed that Matt and Sweat had been at the cabin within the last 48 hours, an official briefed on the investigation told <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/23/nyregion/escaped-convicts-manhunt-new-york.html?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org"><em>The</em> <em>New York Times</em></a> this morning. The lead has re-invigorated the two-week-old search for the men.</p>
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Authorities are refocusing their hunt for New York prison escapees Richard Matt and David Sweat after finding DNA from the men on Saturday in a burglarized cabin about 20 miles from the site of their escape. According to NBC, the owner of the cabin saw someone fleeing from the woods, and law enforcement authorities promptly converged on the rural community with helicopters and military trucks. The forensic evidence showed that Matt and Sweat had been at the cabin within the last 48 hours, an official briefed on the investigation told The New York Times this morning. The lead has re-invigorated the two-week-old search for the men.

By Nina Selipsky

Nina Selipsky is an editorial intern at Crosscut. She is a senior at Lakeside School in Seattle, where she is an editor and writer for the school newspaper. Nina spent last summer working with a non-p