ALBUQUERQUE — The search for two men who escaped from a private Arizona prison and their suspected accomplice has turned to the Yellowstone National Park area after one of the inmates was linked to a double homicide in New Mexico and efforts to find them intensified....
It doesn’t appear any of the three are expert campers or have wilderness survival skills, said Thomas Henman, supervisory deputy with the Marshals Service in Phoenix....
The manhunt for the three intensified Saturday after forensic evidence linked at least one of the inmates to the killings of an Oklahoma couple traveling through eastern New Mexico earlier this week....
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"Murderer is captured in Wyo.; second escapee, fiancee still on run" by Matt Volz, Associated Press | August 10, 2010
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — An escaped killer with a handgun and a hitchhiking sign expressed relief at his capture yesterday after 10 days on the run, while authorities searched to the north of this tourist-packed park for a second fugitive and his female accomplice, a self-styled “Bonnie and Clyde.’’
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On Sunday, Tracy Province, 42, walked into Meeteetse Community Church, about 60 miles outside of Yellowstone, wearing blue jeans, a blue checkered flannel shirt, and a camouflage backpack slung over one shoulder, worshipper Jay Curtis said. Province looked like the many hitchhikers who pass through town.
“Just shook his hand and said ‘Welcome, welcome to our church,’ ’’ said Curtis, a member of the church band. “He just smiled and said: ‘Thank you.’ ’’
Province closed his eyes and sang along with the band....
After the service, Province walked across the street and sat down on the curb with his backpack, looking like a hitchhiker. Curtis said the church pastor then paid Province to mow and trim the church lawn. Province got $40 and a jacket, authorities said....
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