in custody. reporter: a relieved community turn s out to thank law enforcement. [ cheering ] the nightmare is over but the story is still unfolding. even in critical condition, david sweat begins to spill the details about the great escape. he tells investigators he separated from richard matt five days earlier because matt was slowing him down. sweat said matt was out of shape and hitting the bot le too much after they had broken in to a cabin. sweat shares they planned to go to mexico after escaping but were forced to improvise when prison seamstress joyce mitchell failed to pick them up in the getaway car. when mitchell doesn t show up the mexico plan is foiled and they head north to canada. reporter: remember the plan to kill joyce mitchell s husband lyle, he said it was mitchell s idea to kill her husband.
hitch el spoke to verdict investigators 20 hours ss four days. she tells of giving matt and sweat rum and performing sexual acts on one of them. she said i enjoyed the feeling and attention both gave me and sthauth of a different life. matt and sweat gave her a list of what to bring, cell phone, gps, clothes, a shotgun, tents, sleeping bags hatchet, fishing pole, money. matt call added mitchell s husband lyle the glitch and gave joyce two white pills to drug him. the plan was for has the to kill lyle when they escaped. she couldn t go through with it and never showed up. she told investigators i m really sorry for what i ve done. what it came down to is sweat
her attorney said they took the deal because of the evidence against her. they were fearful of more charges including conspiracy to kill her husband and rape or sexual assault charges connected to her alleged relationships with both men. is that over with? definitely. we are ready to proceed with whatever charges we had for a grand jury in trial if necessary. the d.a. said they made another offer to corrections officer gene palmer. he rejected that. the case goes to a grand jury next month. joyce mitchell s husband lyle was there. how did he react? he was sitting two seats away from me in the front row of the courtroom. when the journalist asked him a question he said i have nothing to say, don t bother me. i have had enough of your lies. you don t print the truth. don t bother me. i offered him a chance to set