rickerson s body and then dumped the parts in the niagara river. we found two severed legs with no feet. two different sections of a torso. reporter: detective glenn gardner of north tonawanda pd got the case. lee bates was soon arrested. lee bates was the star witness that helped us eventually put the case together. and also make an arrest warrant out for richard matt. but while bates served more than sixteen years for his role in the murder, richard matt fled to mexico before he could be arrested. he s only there a short time and he walks up behind a man in a bar. the man s in the men s room. and he stabs him in the back to get his money. they give him 20 years. reporter: he served ten years before being extradited to new york to stand trial for the rickerson murder. matt was considered so dangerous and such a flight risk that during his trial a sniper was positioned near the courthouse.
matt used a hacksaw to cut up rickerson s body and then dumped the parts in the niagara river. we found two severed legs with no feet. two different sections of a torso. reporter: detective glenn gardner of north tonawanda pd got the case. lee bates was soon arrested. lee bates was the star witness that helped us eventually put the case together. and also make an arrest warrant out for richard matt. but while bates served more than sixteen years for his role in the murder, richard matt fled to mexico before he could be arrested. he s only there a short time and he walks up behind a man in a bar. the man s in the men s room. and he stabs him in the back to get his money. they give him 20 years. reporter: he served ten years before being extradited to new york to stand trial for the rickerson murder. matt was considered so dangerous and such a flight risk that