Escaped murder suspect Michael Burham captured, in custody: Police

Fugitive Michael Burham, a murder suspect described as "survivalist," was captured and taken into custody Saturday after a weeklong search, police said.

Burham, 34, is a suspect in homicide and rape cases in Jamestown, New York, and escaped on July 6, police said.

He was being held in the Warren County Jail in northern Pennsylvania on arson and burglary charges and was also associated with the carjacking and kidnapping of a Pennsylvania couple while trying to evade capture in May, according to Jamestown police.

More than 200 officers from 15 federal, state and local agencies conducted an intense search for the 34-year-old Burham, who was being held on $1 million bail at the Warren County Jail when he escaped earlier this month, authorities said.

Burham escaped from the recreation yard by "elevating himself" on top of exercise equipment and exiting the yard through a metal-grated roof, Warren County spokesperson Cecile Stelter said. He then used bed sheets that had been tied together to lower himself to the ground and flee on foot, she said.

Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said last week that Burham was a "self-taught survivalist" with military experience who "could be potentially holed up in a wooded area near the city."

Officials suspected Burham received assistance in the jailbreak and since being on the lam, authorities said.

ABC News' Meredith Deliso and Peter Charalambous contributed to this report.

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