--- description: Poor weather could hinder the search for the remaining inmate who escaped from an upstate New York prison. title: New York Prison Escape: Weather Could Affect Search for David Sweat image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta662380381a835fd/698858cd35ba6f6390c0df7f/david-sweat-search-new-york.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 # Bad Weather Could Hinder Manhunt for Escaped Inmate  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 28, 2015 7:25 PM CUT  FBI agents conduct a search for convicted murderer David Sweat on June 28, 2015 near Duane, New York. FBI agents conduct a search for convicted murderer David Sweat on June 28, 2015 near Duane, New York.Scott Olson—Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 28, 2015 7:25 PM CUT Poor weather could hinder the search for the remaining inmate still at large after escaping from an upstate New York prison over three weeks ago. More than 1,300 law enforcement officers are combing Franklin County for David Sweat just two days after his fellow escapee Richard Matt was shot dead by police. Search crews have remained close together and are building fires to keep warm in response to unseasonable cold, [TWC News](http://www.twcnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2015/06/28/prison-break-day-23.html "undefined") reported. The high was expected to be below 60°F on Sunday. Sweat’s DNA was found a mile away from the location where Matt was shot and killed, and police forces have converged on that area. The pair of inmates, both convicted murderers, escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility on June 6. \[[_TWC_](http://www.twcnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2015/06/28/prison-break-day-23.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3939302/weather-prison-manhunt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3939302/weather-prison-manhunt/"},"headline":"Bad Weather Could Hinder Manhunt for Escaped Inmate","datePublished":"2015-06-28T19:25:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:36:53.926Z","description":"Search teams are building fires to keep warm","url":"https://time.com/3939302/weather-prison-manhunt/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta662380381a835fd/698858cd35ba6f6390c0df7f/david-sweat-search-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta662380381a835fd/698858cd35ba6f6390c0df7f/david-sweat-search-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Police Search Escapee david sweat","caption":"Police Search Escapee david sweat","creditText":"Scott Olson—Getty Images","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/3939302/weather-prison-manhunt/","name":"Bad Weather Could Hinder Manhunt for Escaped Inmate"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch How The AK-47 Came to be \"Made in America\"","description":"Gun stores all across America are selling out of the world's most popular assault rifle","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/rMQyvrTm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-28T19:20:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/rMQyvrTm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3939302/weather-prison-manhunt/","duration":"PT1M44S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3939302/weather-prison-manhunt/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```