Manhunt: Escaped killers 'could literally be anywhere'CNN | By Kevin Conlon and Mark Morgenstein
Updated 10:05 PM ET, Sun June 7, 2015The U.S. Marshals Service issued federal arrest warrants Sunday for two convicted killers who escaped from a maximum security prison in upstate New York over the weekend.
The warrants charge Richard Matt and David Sweat with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution, according to William O'Toole, a U.S. Marshals Service spokesman. The warrants clear the way for the federal government to involve its considerable resources in the manhunt.
"Every resource available to us will be used in bringing these two men to justice."
Also Sunday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a $100,000 reward for information leading to the pair's capture.
[...]
An elaborate escapeMatt and Sweat apparently were last seen at 10:30 p.m. Friday during a standing count, authorities said.
Head counts are performed every two hours throughout the night when guards visually check to see whether inmates are in their bunks, Clinton Correctional Facility Supervisor Steven Racette said.
The escapees tricked the guards by arranging things in the bunks to look "like people were sleeping ... with these sweatshirt hoodies on," the governor said.
Once they were out of their cells, they then followed a catwalk "down an elaborate maze of pipes into tunnels and exited a series of tunnels at the manhole cover," he said.
They evaded detection for some seven hours, until the inmate count 5:30 a.m. Saturday.
Exactly how they got the necessary tools remains a mystery, but Cuomo -- who toured the escape route Sunday -- said it was possible the tools came from workers performing regular maintenance on the 1845 facility.
...more at link (video)http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/07/us/new-york-escapees/