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Erie County Executive Brenton Davis confirmed that Michael Burham will be incarcerated in the Erie County Prison.

Police say they surveilled a home in Chester, Pennsylvania, and saw the baby and other adults get into a car that was later pulled over on the Commodore Barry Bridge.

Unusual, there have been many instances over the years where inmates end up marrying correctional officers. and other escape attempts. the escape several years ago at the clinton correctional facility in new york, joyce mitchell developed that same type of relationship, although the difference here is that she decided at the last minute not to go through with assisting with the escape. >> obviously that's an area of intrigue and curiosity in this. the other side of this is a very real manhunt taking place right now for a very dangerous fugitive. so how is that being conducted right now? >> wel...

Doj runs fugitive task forces all across the country. these are highly trained individuals in the marshal services who work with state and local officers but also with other federal agencies. we're in proximity to the canadian border in michigan, so for instance, there's special agents from i.c.e. who work with the task force. and they were very experienced at using for instance as they did here a tip-line type process in order to develop leads. they will meticiously track down all of those leads, and here that paid off when they got a license plate number and were able to use that to ultimate...