By Joseph Kohut

Times-Shamrock

PRICE TWP. - Handwriting experts are analyzing papers found in the woods that chronicle the shooting death of a Blooming Grove state police corporal to determine if accused cop killer Eric Matthew Frein penned them, sources with knowledge of the documents told The Times-Tribune, a Times-Shamrock newspaper, on Tuesday.

The handwritten notes are more like a log of events since the Sept. 12 shooting rather than a letter as reported Monday by CNN, ABC News and CBS News, the sources said.

The writings are among numerous items tactical teams found during their nearly month-long manhunt for Frein, 31, 308 Seneca Lane, Canadensis. Frein, a self-described survivalist considered armed and dangerous, is the sole suspect in the sniper attack at the Pike County barracks that killed Cpl. Bryon K. Dickson II, 38, of Dunmore, and severely wounded Trooper Alex T. Douglass, 31, of Olyphant.

State police say that Frein has a grudge against law enforcement. The writings, however, did not provide a motive for the barracks attack.

Sources declined to comment on whether the writings contained only details the shooter would know.

The hunt for Frein entered its 25th day Tuesday. Authorities focused search efforts on a large patch of woods south of Snow Hill Road in Price Township near the Frein home. Hundreds of state police vehicles gleamed in the sunlight in a muddy lot adjacent to Laurel Run Road, which runs west, then north to Snow Hill Road.

Law enforcement continue to search with a five-mile perimeter straddling Price and Barrett townships in Monroe County because of several recent potential sightings of Frein there.