--- description: Undisclosed "specific items" were discovered about 20 miles away from the prison. title: DNA From Prison Escapees Found at Burglarized Cabin image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62471459c749df8f/6988558a0b72e350426e4952/prison-escape3.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 # DNA From Escaped Prisoners Found at Burglarized Cabin by [Alistair Jamieson / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Alistair Jamieson / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:16 AM CUTPublished: Jun 22, 2015 6:14 PM CUT  New York State Department of Corrections officers search the railroad tracks after a possible sighting of the two murder convicts who escaped from a northern New York prison two weeks ago, on June 21, 2015, in Friendship, N.Y. New York State Department of Corrections officers search the railroad tracks after a possible sighting of the two murder convicts who escaped from a northern New York prison two weeks ago, on June 21, 2015, in Friendship, N.Y.Gary Wiepert—AP by [Alistair Jamieson / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Alistair Jamieson / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:16 AM CUTPublished: Jun 22, 2015 6:14 PM CUT The trail’s gone hot. DNA from both of the two escaped New York prisoners was found at a burglarized cabin in a rural town about 20 miles from the prison leading authorities to believe they are still traveling together more than two weeks after they broke free, according to a source with knowledge of the investigation. The search for the men, Richard Matt and David Sweat, focused on the town of Owls Head after the DNA was found on Saturday. At a press conference, Maj. Charles Guess of the New York State Police would not confirm the DNA find. He said only that “specific items” had been recovered from the cabin… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/new-york-prison-escape/new-york-prison-escape-dna-one-escapee-found-burglarized-cabin-n379511?cid=par-time-article%5F20150622 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3930700/prison-escape-dna-found/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3930700/prison-escape-dna-found/"},"headline":"DNA From Escaped Prisoners Found at Burglarized Cabin","datePublished":"2015-06-22T18:14:21.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T06:16:07.000Z","description":"Undisclosed \"specific items\" were discovered about 20 miles away from the prison","url":"https://time.com/3930700/prison-escape-dna-found/","keywords":["Crime","New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62471459c749df8f/6988558a0b72e350426e4952/prison-escape3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alistair Jamieson / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt62471459c749df8f/6988558a0b72e350426e4952/prison-escape3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"David Sweat, Richard Matt","caption":"David Sweat, Richard Matt","creditText":"Gary Wiepert—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3930700/prison-escape-dna-found/","name":"DNA From Escaped Prisoners Found at Burglarized Cabin"}}]}] ```