The manhunt for a homicide suspect who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail on July 6 by tying bedsheets collectively to climb down from a roof ended on Saturday when the suspect was captured by the police, the authorities mentioned.

The suspect, Michael Burham, 34, who escaped from the Warren County Jail in Pennsylvania, was captured on Saturday afternoon in Warren County after a tip from a person whose canine had been barking at an individual claiming to be “camping” close to their property, Lt. Col. George Bivens of the Pennsylvania State Police mentioned at a news convention.

The man acknowledged the odd camper as Mr. Burham and contacted the authorities, who later tracked Mr. Burham by means of the woods with the assistance of a bloodhound, established a fringe of troopers and took him into custody at gunpoint by 5:50 p.m., the colonel mentioned.

When troopers and different officers encountered Mr. Burham within the woods, Colonel Bivens mentioned, they discovered him in a “worn-out” state, together with his garments soiled and moist.

He was nonetheless carrying his jail pants, solely turned inside out, and he was not armed, the colonel added.

The police have described Mr. Burham as a self-taught survivalist with army coaching. They additionally mentioned that they discovered camp websites and stockpiles of provides that he might need used, together with ammunition and maps that he used to establish stash spots.

Mr. Burham’s potential to keep away from detection had prompted considerations within the metropolis of Warren, about 20 miles south of Jamestown, N.Y., the place the authorities believed he might need been hiding within the close by steep, rugged wilderness.

Warren borders the Allegheny National Forest, which covers greater than half one million acres of rural Pennsylvania.

At the news convention, Colonel Bivens thanked Warren residents for coping with a nervous state of affairs and remaining gracious to the greater than 200 legislation enforcement officers who had swarmed the realm and surrounding area.

The colonel mentioned that Mr. Burham could be arraigned on an escape cost, however further fees and the placement for his arraignment could be decided later.

Officials are nonetheless investigating whether or not Mr. Burham had assist throughout his escape.

At the time of his escape, Mr. Burham, who had been in jail since May, was being held in lieu of $1 million bail on kidnapping, housebreaking and associated fees, in keeping with the Pennsylvania State Police, who mentioned he was additionally a suspect in a murder investigation.

The authorities mentioned Mr. Burham had climbed on high of train tools after which out a steel gated roof. Then, they mentioned, he used bedsheets he had tied collectively to climb down and get away.

Mr. Burham had final been seen carrying a denim jacket, an orange-striped jail jumpsuit and orange Crocs.

In May, the F.B.I. arrested Mr. Burham in South Carolina after a separate dayslong manhunt for what it described as a “spree of alleged crimes,” together with a sexual assault in Jamestown, and the kidnapping of an older couple in Pennsylvania.

The couple instructed the authorities that Mr. Burham had kidnapped them from their house, drove them in their very own automobile to South Carolina, then launched them with out damage. The authorities credited an observant citizen who noticed Mr. Burham and known as 911, resulting in his arrest on the time.

Colonel Bivens mentioned at a earlier news convention that as a survivalist, Mr. Burham “tried to be ready, if you will, to spend time in the woods.”

He mentioned on Saturday that the first mistake Mr. Burham made was that he “came out in the open and was spotted by an individual.”

“That’s been our strategy all along, is to push him hard, have him make a mistake,” the colonel mentioned. “He finally did.”

Orlando Mayorquin contributed reporting.