It's worth noting that the area of Pennsylvania where this is going on is thick woods, indeed. You'll notice that driving on i-84 -- as soon as you climb up the hill out of Pt. Jervis, you won't see much in the way of "civilization" again until you close in on Scranton.
Not that there aren't houses here and there -- but it's not much "developed".
Perhaps this guy is indeed hiding out in the woods.
But I think there's as much a chance that he's either escaped the area, or.... is dead.