Murder Suspect Captured After Using Bed Sheets to Escape Pennsylvania Jail

Murder Suspect Captured After Using Bed Sheets to Escape Pennsylvania Jail
Michael Charles Burham. Warren Police Department
The Associated Press
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YOUNGSVILLE, Pa.—Looking dirty, wet, and “worn out” from living in the wilderness to evade arrest, a homicide suspect who used bed sheets to escape a northern Pennsylvania jail has been captured, authorities said.

Michael Burham, 34, fled the Warren County jail in the late evening hours of July 6 by climbing on exercise equipment, going through a window, and scaling down a rope fashioned from jail bedding, authorities have said. He was found Saturday after authorities received a tip about a suspicious-looking person, they said.