Escaped inmate Michael Burham sniffed out by Pennsylvania couple’s friendly dog near their backyard after 9-day manhunt

This pooch has a nose for finding criminals.

The nine-day manhunt for escaped inmate Michael Burham ended when a Pennsylvania couple’s friendly dog alerted them to the man hiding out near their backyard.

Homeowners Ron and Cynthia Ecklund called police on Saturday and told them about the escaped homicide suspect after their dog, Tucker, began barking at Burham, 34, who was captured at gunpoint after running into the woods.

Cynthia said Tucker, who received a juicy steak for tracking down the alleged killer, alerted her and her husband that something was wrong on Saturday afternoon.

“Our dog was laying out in the sun, and suddenly he jumped up and started to bark and ran toward our creek,” Cynthia told Fox News.

When the dog appeared to ignore the couple’s call for him to return, they figured Tucker was either chasing animals by the creek or greeting a passerby.

The Ecklunds said it was not uncommon for Tucker to also bother local fishermen to play with him, but he would always rush back when they called for him.

When Tucker continued to bark, the couple hopped on their golf cart to investigate, and that’s when they found Burham, shirtless and wearing rolled up pants that were clearly part of an orange prison outfit.

“My husband and I both recognize it as Michael Burham immediately,” Cynthia said of the fugitive who had dominated headlines in local and national news since his escape from Warren County Jail.

Remembering that Burham, an army veteran and self-taught “survivalist” was to be considered armed and dangerous, the couple maintained their distance and asked him what he was doing.

Burham told them he was just camping, and the couple quickly left and called 911.

Police tracked him as he moved through the woods, where he attempted to hide, but he was surrounded and taken into custody at around 5:50 p.m.

Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens told reporters Burham looked “tired” and “worn out” after he was arrested.

Burnham was being held on 26 counts related to arson, kidnapping and burglary when he escaped Warren County Jail on July 6 by rappelling from the facility’s roof using a rope he had fashioned by tying bedsheets together, according to an affidavit.

He is also under investigation for raping and killing the mother of his child in Jamestown, New York, according to police there. He also set the woman’s car on fire.