richard matt is dead. but where is his accomplice, david sweat? we are going to space it out 20 feet down the line. a perimeter is set up as investigators comb the area looking for any sign of him. but as the minutes and hours drag on, there is no sign of david sweat and it s starting to become very clear that the manhunt is far from over. we have no reason to believe that mr. sweat was not with mr. matt at the time, but we don t have any confirming evidence that he was either. there are several leads that are being tracked down as we speak about mr. sweat and his possible whereabouts. law enforcement quickly moves to track down those leads and close the perimeter, hoping to get david sweat to surface. he has been on the run now for three weeks. he s tired. he s fatigued. he s hungry. he is going to make a mistake. and once again, those calls that we get in, those leads that we get in from the public i ve
relationship with sweat. but whatever it was raised eyebrows and led to sweat being moved out of the tailor shop in 2013. and with sweat out of there, richard matt could make his move. matt is known as a lady s man, a charmer, who befriends mitchell. in 2013, the two start a sexual relationship, according to a source close to the investigation. they have sex in the tailor shop when no one else is around. all this time, joyce mitchell keeps it a secret from her husband, lyle, according to his attorney, even though lyle mitchell also worked in the prison tailor shop and knew both richard matt and david sweat. joyce has established a pattern of deception. former fbi profiler mary ellen o toole says inmates can be like predators on the look
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dannemora, new york, they were gone. an escape plan worthy of a screenplay carried out by two very dangerous men. on a scale of one to ten, they are a ten, dangerous wild animal. prisoners richard matt and david sweat had adjoining cells here at clinton correctional facility. the two were last seen friday night, june 5th, around 10:30 p.m. during what s called a standing count where both matt and sweat showed themselves standing inside their cells. but just hours later, a shocking discovery that would leave prison guards shaking their heads, law enforcement on high alert, and this small upstate new york community terrified. this was a very elaborate plan, but we are only at the
fires his weapon twice from 50 yards away, an incredibly difficult shot. he hits david sweat both times in the torso. as word spreads over police radios that david sweat is down, law enforcement races to the scene, startling residents in this small, rural community. my wife ran out of the house and said, oh, my god, something is going on up the street. and then i heard the shots. incredibly, sweat was just two miles away from crossing the canadian border. now bloodied and handcuffed, he is once again in custody. turns out he is unarmed, but he does have with him a backpack full of supplies, bug repellant, wipes, and pop tarts. also, sweat had somehow managed to swap his prison garb for camouflage clothing. the nightmare is finally over. mr. matt is deceased, and the other escapee, mr. sweat, is in custody.