unwho was there in the thick of it he s well enough in that hospital to start talking. he even said he abandoned richard matt aka hack saw. when does he claim to have left him? reporter: good afternoon, brooke. he said that he left his partner in crime about five days ago. now, you put that together with some information cnn is also getting from other law enforcement sources says that richard matt had fallen ill either from drinking bad water or eating some bad food while they were on the run for about three weeks. he had fallen ill, and david sweat now telling authorities from his hospital bed that he left him behind. now, richard matt was caught and then shot and killed on friday in an area about 16 miles from where his partner david sweat was caught yesterday. soshgs so you know, we now know that they were walking. their plan a, to run away with the prison seamstress joyce mitchell, to mexico fell threw when she decided not to show up. this was their plan b. they were si