Bibliograph

Dannemora, two escaped killers, three weeks of terror, and the largest manhunt ever in New York State, Charles A. Gardner

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Dannemora, two escaped killers, three weeks of terror, and the largest manhunt ever in New York State, Charles A. Gardner

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dannemora

Oclc number

1038230660

Responsibility statement

Charles A. Gardner

Sub title

two escaped killers, three weeks of terror, and the largest manhunt ever in New York State

Summary

In June 2015, two vicious murderers broke out of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, launching the most extensive manhunt in state history. Aided by prison employee Joyce Mitchell, double murderer Richard Matt and cop-killer David Sweat slipped out of their cells, followed a network of tunnels and pipes under the thirty-foot prison wall, and climbed out of a manhole to freedom. For three weeks, the residents of local communities were virtual prisoners in their own homes as law enforcement from across the nation swept the rural wilderness near the Canadian border. The manhunt made front-page headlines, as did the sex scandal involving both inmates and Joyce Mitchell, and culminated in a dramatic and bloody standoff. Dannemora is a gripping account of the circumstances that led to the breakout and the twenty-three-day search that culminated in one man dead, one man back in custody, and lingering questions about those who set the deadly drama in motion

Target audience

adult

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