POCONO TOWNSHIP -- We got our first up-close look at the place where Eric Frein was captured last week after 48 days on the run.
Frein has been locked up for four days since his arrest Thursday evening.
The manhunt is over but the questions keep coming about how he was able to stay on the run for so long.
Some people went in search of some answers, going to exact spot where the fugitive was caught: the abandoned Birchwood Resort.
From the air, the Birchwood - Pocono Airpark near Tannersville is a desolate, run-down place. Thursday, the seven-week-long manhunt for Eric Frein ended there with the fugitive captured alive.
Cheers went up from the U.S. Marshals who got Frein after they searched the abandoned resort in Pocono Township and caught Frein by surprise.
All the troopers have left after searching the property and the abandoned airport hangar for evidence. Two women who lived through the massive manhunt in the Cresco area had to see this place for themselves.
"It's kind of like being a part of local history. I'm relieved for my friends and for people who were afraid to send their kids to school," said Stephanie Donnelly of Price Township.
There is all sorts of debris and empty boxes of food inside the massive hangar. State police said last week they didn't know how long Frein was hiding out here.
"I think we'll know that. Don't know that right now whether he was always there or whether he moved before," said State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan on Thursday.
Now that Frein is behind bars facing charges including first-degree murder, there are all sorts of questions about how long he may have been using the hangar as a hideout. Frein told marshals a handgun and rifle were inside, according to a search warrant.
"It's crazy, it's closure though. I'm glad we came out here to see it. Really settles it up, want answers too I want to know how long he was here," said Sue Silverman of Cresco.
Court papers indicate police were looking for weapons, notes, even cell phones or other devices Frein may have used during his time on the run.
George Strunk used to work at this one-time honeymoon resort and figures Frein could have spent weeks here.
"Saw they found a mattress in the back," said Strunk. "Because all these cabins have fireplaces in them and they are all furnished."
But still, the question remains, could Frein have been there and police missed him? Officials said last week there's no way to secure an area after searching it.
"We have searched that area out previously within the last week or so, prior to that we had teams up through there," said Lt. Col. George Bivens on Friday.
State police have stopped answering questions about the investigation for now.
Two attorneys from Milford, Michael Weinstein and Robert Bernathy, have been appointed as public defenders for Frein and have no comment.
