Authorities found a checklist in Eric Frein's bedroom detailing various supplies they say the suspected gunman would need to survive in the wilderness after shooting two state troopers at the Blooming Grove barracks.
"Undies, sleep clothes and poncho liner," were among the clothing items listed, along with camp supplies including a compass, flashlight, stove and fuel. The list, which was broken into six sections, also detailed various weapons he would need, including a rifle, two bombs, fuses and wire. Another section included items to conceal one's location, including a camouflage net, bandanas and a space blanket.
The list was among the items seized during additional searches conducted at the 308 Seneca Lane home in Canadensis that Frein shared with his parents, Eugene and Deborah, after he was named the sole suspect in the Sept. 12 shooting that killed Cpl. Bryon K. Dickson II, 38, Dunmore and wounded Trooper Alex T. Douglass, 31, of Olyphant.
Search warrant affidavits obtained by The (Scranton) Times-Tribune on Wednesday show police searched the home for more than six hours between Sept. 17 and Sept. 18 and seized materials to make pipe bombs and more than 40 rifles and handguns, including several powerful military weapons. Other items seized include seven spools of trip wire, containers of gunpowder, fuses, two crates and several boxes of ammunition and ammunition clips for handguns and rifles.
During a press conference Wednesday, police said they discovered two pipe bombs and other items Frein left behind at a campsite they located on Sept. 18. The bombs were rigged to explode upon contact. They believe Frein may have built additional, more lethal bombs.
The discoveries show Frein remains a very dangerous man who must be caught, no matter how long it takes or how much it costs, authorities said.
"He is a fugitive armed with a sniper rifle and explosives. He is a threat not only to law enforcement but to the community as a whole," said Sam Rabadi, the special agent in charge of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Pennsylvania.
The new information released Wednesday provides the most detailed look into the case authorities have steadily been building against Frein since he was identified as a suspect on Sept. 15, after his parents' Jeep Cherokee was found partially submerged in a retaining pond near the Blooming Grove barracks. The home was first searched in t
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