Who is Michael Burham? Escaped Pennsylvania murder suspect arrested after nine days
Sarah Richards
Updated on December 30, 2025
Michael Burham, the homicide suspect who got away from the Warren District Jail nine days prior, has been captured
Burham is the primary suspect in the homicide of 34-year-old Kala Hodgkin
He was at last captured in the forest after Pennsylvania State Police helped a call through their tip line
Michael Burham, the Pennsylvania murder suspect who got away from the Warren Region Jail nine days prior, has been captured.
The 34-year-old arranged his getaway on July 6 not long before 12 PM by utilizing bound sheets. This episode ignited a broad and earnest pursuit including various policing.
Who is Michael Burham?
Burham is the fundamental suspect in both the May 11 homicide of 34-year-old Kala Hodgkin and a connected pyromania occurrence in Jamestown, New York. Burham was at that point needed for supposedly assaulting Hodgkin before she died. He supposedly kidnapped an old couple during the fourteen days that followed the shooting while he was on the run, as indicated by policing.
Specialists had portrayed Burham as a “perilous” detainee with self-educated survivalist abilities in a furor. They offered a $7,500 compensation for any data that brought about the capture of the supposed killer and attacker.
New photos show fugitive murder suspect Michael Burham during arrest ‘at gunpoint’
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Warren Province Lt. Col. George Bivens uncovered at a question and answer session on Saturday that Burham was found in the forest around 6 o’clock when an old couple became cautioned by their canine’s yapping. Police authorities immediately moved to the woods near Warren, Pennsylvania, in the wake of finding out about the couple’s case in light of data got through a tip line. Burham was in the end situated subsequent to being pursued by tracker canines who had been sent into the forest.
Video proof shows the exact second that Burham was at last arrested by police specialists. The chaotic detainee should be visible in the recording coming from the forest being taken by various covered officials, his hands bound behind his back.
Burham was in the long run captured in the forest after Pennsylvania State Police helped a call through their tip line. The call came in not long before 4 p.m. on Saturday, and it helped get the needed man.
While in detainment, Burnham is right now having to deal with various criminal penalties, and specialists are effectively investigating any potential connections among him and the May shooting demise of a lady. According to media reports, he has areas of strength for a foundation, having spent over 10 years in the Military Save as a water treatment subject matter expert.