The two are wanted in a kidnapping and a shooting in their home state
New Jersey State Police are telling people to stay vigilant as authorities hunt a pair of fugitives from Tennessee who have been seen just over the Pennsylvania border, according to a report.
Makyala Danielle Stilwell, left and Jarret Cole Heitmann Jarret Cole Heitmann, 24, and Makayla Danielle Stilwell, 22, are being sought on charges of attempted murder and kidnapping and were last seen Saturday at the Walmart in Matamoras, Pa., according to NJHerald.com.
Matamora is across the Delaware River from Montague in Sussex County.
A State Police trooper at the Augusta barracks told the website that they had received numerous calls from people saying the pair had been seen in Sussex County. None of those sightings could be confirmed by authorities.
A report that the pair was in Montague drew a heavy police response but proved unfounded, the Herald report.
Heitmann and Stillwell are a dating couple from Kingston, Tenn.
The pair allegedly kidnapped a woman June 20 in Mt. Carmel, Tenn. and then ordered her to knock on the door of a man she knew. Heitmann and Stillwell shot the man when he answered, police said.
The two are known to travel by hitchhiking and freight train, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which lists both on their 10 most wanted list. A $2,000 reward ($1,000 each) has been offered for information leading to their arrests.
The 5-foot-9, 145 pound Stilwell has brown hair and green eyes,
Heitmann stand 6-foot-1, weighs about 165 pounds and has brown hair an hazel eyes
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