they re supposed to make sure that weekly cell checks are taking place. and that means taking a stick and banging on the bars. taking something and banging on the walls to make sure that nobody is trying to break out. that was not done. clearly. deborah feyerick, thank you. one prison worker and seamstress joyce mitchell is reportedly happy the manhunt is over. ecstatic according to her attorney that no one else was hurt. as for her husband lyle who might have been killed by matt and sweat if joyce has gone through with her role as getaway driver, peter, i know you ve been in touch with your client, lyle mitchell. what is his reaction to what sweat has told investigators. that joyce mitchell was the primary plan for a getaway car and they intended to kill him. he certainly didn t think that was plan a in the beginning.
have they reached out to him in recent days? they haven t. lyle did reach out to them today just to keep in touch with them. to make sure the avenue is open, so to speak, and to make sure they know he is still willing to cooperate. and it is touching that, and understandable, i guess, you know, the heart wants what it wants. he is still in love with her. even if she does time, you think he wants to wait for her? at this point, he does. we ve spoken about the fact that he may still be an employee of the department of corrections and what that means if his wife was in prison. he could also, i mean, if he remained an employee at clinton correctional and sweat is still there, it is possible that he could, i guess, have some encounters with sweat as well. that s true. he has put in the paper requesting a transfer at this point. to another prison facility. sure. and in malone alone there are three other state correctional facilities. i appreciate you coming on and talking abo
thinks they must have had other help. from the inside or outside? he would only be speculating if he answered that. i ve talked to him about it. he said he just doesn t know. is he worried about his own security right now? i think anyone in the malone area is worried right now, well now one of them just out and about in that area but especially worried, because his as lyle mitchell? no. tell him we thank him for his cooperation with the authorities. i know he s going through an awful, awful period discovering, as hi wife confessed to him, as you just pointed out, her involved in this escape. peter dumas, thank you for joinings us. thank you, wolf. we know alexandra, that one of the escaped killers had been shot and killed. david sweat is still on the run. what can you tell us?
charged with anything fully cooperating with the authorities. gene palmer another prison employee he has been charged, arrested and cooperating with this escape. peter, as we go through this process, i assume your client lyle mitchell has been stunned by the revelations, the confession in effect he got from his wife. his whole life has been turned upsidedown. how is he doing right now? i just spoke with him about a half hour ago when i was hearing the news that was breaking and i let him know that i had heard that richard matt had been killed. he said it was a tragic ending for him, but at least the people in franklin county and surrounding areas are safe now. he hopes they can catch the other him, so that some answers can come out. there is also this report as you well know peter, that lyle mitchell year client the
make their kay closer and closer to the canadian border. obviously the u.s. border patrol was on the scene. you re reporting that they shot and killed matt. any indications they have a sighting at least of the other escaped killer. that s what we re waiting to find out, wolf. we have calls into our sources right now. as you know it s a very fluid situation, rapidly developing as of about 20 minutes ago they didn t have eyes on him, but of course that could change. they obviously are in the right area. they believed they were in malone new york earlier today. it s a question of whether or not they re close to his vicinity. that is a question we can t answer right now, but hope to soon. stand by pamela. whiff lyle mitchell s attorney joining us. lyle mitchell is under arrest for allegedly aiding in this escape. peter, thanks for joining us. what can you tell us about your client in this particular case.