--- description: CNN reports Matt and Sweat's scents were picked up near the prison title: Bloodhounds Detect Scent of Escaped Killers as Manhunt Grows image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt639477a11e06c8bf/6988542935ba6fc0c9c0db65/new-york-escaped-prisoner-manhunt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Bloodhounds Detect Scent of Escaped Killers as Manhunt Grows, Reports Say by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 11, 2015 7:28 PM CUT  Law enforcement officers walk the streets in Dannemora, N.Y., as they searched houses near the maximum-security prison in northern New York where two killers escaped using power tools, June 10, 2015. Law enforcement officers walk the streets in Dannemora, N.Y., as they searched houses near the maximum-security prison in northern New York where two killers escaped using power tools, June 10, 2015.Seth Wenig—AP by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 11, 2015 7:28 PM CUT The hunt for two convicted murderers who escaped a New York state prison is heating up, as [bloodhounds may have picked up the escapees’ scent ](http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/11/us/new-york-prison-break/index.html "undefined")just a few miles from the facility. CNN, citing officials and anonymous sources, reports that workers searching for David Sweat and Richard Matt have also found a shoe or boot print, food wrappers and a possible location of bedding that may be connected to the pair, in the search area that officials zeroed in on after the[ dogs detected a scent](https://gma.yahoo.com/police-investigating-leads-search-escaped-york-prison-inmates-043531207--abc-news-topstories.html# "undefined"). New York and neighboring state officials have been on high alert since Sweat and Matt were discovered missing from the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday during an early-morning bed check. State officials said Wednesday that the escapees had possibly traveled to Vermont, with Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin implying at a [news conference](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/11/police-close-road-killers-manhunt/71051406/ "undefined") the two might have figured New York would have been “too hot” with police and traveled to a Vermont campsite. Vermont State Police said in a [press release](http://vtstatepolice.blogspot.com/2015/06/vermont-state-police-response-to-new.html "undefined"), however, that there had been no sighting of the pair in their state, yet still warned citizens to remain cautious. Upstate New York has indeed been “hot” with police since news broke that the two convicted killers were on the lam. The Washington _Post_ [reports](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/11/manhunt-for-escaped-killers-spreads-into-vermont/ "undefined") that more than 450 law enforcement agents are looking for Sweat and Matt. Authorities have shuttered swaths of State Route 374, a highway near the facility, and a local school district closed all campuses on Thursday to aid police in their search. Officials are urging citizens to take an abundance of caution, going door-to-door to issue warnings and following up on leads. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly warned that the men are “desperate” and “dangerous.” “These are not nice guys. They kill. They maim,” said Gov. Shumlin on [Thursday](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/new-york-prison-escape/david-sweat-richard-matt-escaped-inmates-will-do-whatever-it-n373656 "undefined"). “They’ll do anything, they’ll steal anything to try to remain free.” ### See the Path 2 Killers Took to Escape From a Maximum Security Prison  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the Clinton Correctional Facility, where two inmates escaped on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  A man-made hole in the wall of the escaped inmates' cell at Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  The industrial area where inmates escaped to from a hole in their cell at the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Governor Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Governor Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo tours the escape route taken by two prisoners at the Clinton Correctional Facility on Saturday, in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. Darren McGee—Office of the Governor of New York  Gov. Andrew Cuomo surveys the manhole where two prisoners resurfaced after escaping from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, N.Y. on June 6, 2015. 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