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  • Search for fugitive, fiancee focuses on Glacier

    JONATHAN J. COOPER MATT VOLZ Associated Press Writers YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL

    A fugitive and his suspected female accomplice who have been tracked across the West — from Arizona to New Mexico to Wyoming — have apparently fled to an area ne a r Montana ' s Gl a c i e r National Park, authorities said. The search for inmate John McCluskey, 45, and Casslyn Welch, 44, focused for a time on sprawl ing, tour i s t -packed Yellowstone National Park, which straddles Wyoming and Montana. But the U.S. Marshal s Service said late Monday it has received tips from the area east of Glacier National Park near the...

  • Breaking news: Escaped killer caught in Wyo., says he's relieved

    JONATHAN J. COOPER MATT VOLZ Associated Press Writers

    YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — An escaped killer with a handgun and a hitchhiking sign expressed relief at his capture on Monday 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." Tracy Province, 42, was caught as he walked in sleepy Meeteetse, Wyo., steps from a church where he sat in the pews a day earlier and sang "Your Grace Is Enough." The search for inmate John McCluskey, 45, and Casslyn W...