Pennsylvania law enforcement found two pipe bombs in the woods during their manhunt for accused cop-killer Eric Frein, an indication that the wanted fugitive is slipping, the Associated Press reported.
State police said Tuesday they found the intact pipe bombs at a campsite used by Frein, who has been on the run since he allegedly killed a state trooper outside a police barracks nearly three weeks ago.
The bombs, capable of inflicting massive damage, were found with other objects that were "clearly hastily discarded," Lieutenant Colonel George Bivens said, according to the AP.
"You are clearly stressed," Bivens said. "You are making significant mistakes."
Bivens did not specify what other objects were found at the campsite, but the items "conclusively lead us to know they belong to [Frein]."
Bivens also confirmed they saw Frein in the last 24 hours some 100 yards away in the trees. They also found several areas where Frein, 31, stayed in the woods, and have learned what he is eating and drinking, the nature of which authorizes have not released.
Officials believe they have him confined to an area of rugged terrain not far from his parents' home in the Pocono Mountains.
Frein, said to despise law enforcement, is being sought for the Sept. 12 murder of Corporal Bryon Dickson outside the police barracks in Blooming Grove. He is also accused of wounding another trooper, Alex Douglass, who is still in the hospital.
Investigators have since found evidence indicating the survivalist had planned the attack for years. But Bivens said he thinks Frein did not intend to escape this way, possibly because his car was found abandoned in a swamp near the barracks after the murders.
"I think things went wrong with his plan," Bivens said.
