Eric Frein, a suspect in the shooting of two Pennsylvania state troopers, one of whom was killed, led police on a 48-day hunt through the forest.
The Pennsylvania State Police just released its total price tag for the hunt, which ended Oct. 30. It cost the police just over $11 million to catch Frein.
About $6.9 million of the $11,046,653 total went to pay the overtime hours for police staff who worked longer hours during the search.
Benefits for the staff accounted for another $3 million of the total. The Pennsylvania State Police also spent about $200,000 on equipment, and $66,000 on travel during the manhunt.
This does not count the amount the FBI and the U.S. Marshals spent on their involvement in the case.
The manhunt for Frein began on Sept. 12. Frein fled police and ran into the woods after he allegedly killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson and wounded Trooper Alex T. Douglass. Frein was taken into police custody on Oct. 30 and was charged with first degree murder, two counts of terrorism, and other crimes, on Nov. 13. Officials believe that Frein owned a pipe bomb they found.
Police believe that Frein planned this murder far in advance, planting supplies for himself throughout the woods so that he could survive and hide while police chased him. Investigators uncovered items, such as a laptop, shaving equipment, and first aid supplies in one of Frein's caches near the airport hangar where he was finally discovered.
Frein allegedly told authorities that this shooting was meant as an assassination because he wanted to change things in the government. Officials found a letter Frein may have written on a USB stick that was addressed "Mom and Dad."
"I have seen so many depressing changes made in my time that I cannot imagine what it must be like for you. There is so much wrong and on so many levels only passing through the crucible of another revolution can get us back the liberties we once had. I do not pretend to know what that revolution will look like or even if it will be successful," the letter reads.
