Overview

• Michael Burham, a 35-year-old homicide suspect, has been sentenced to serve between 25 and 50 years in prison after escaping from a Pennsylvania prison and kidnapping an elderly couple.
• Burham was on the run for over a week before being recaptured, thanks to a pet dog alerting its owners to his presence.
• Judge Gregory Hammond described Burham as a 'grave threat to the public' and noted that his escape had a significant negative impact on the community.
• Burham's escape involved climbing from exercise equipment to a grated metal roof and sliding down a rope made of bedsheets.
• Burham is also the prime suspect in the murder of Kala Hodgkin and a related arson case in New York, but these charges have yet to be addressed.