a mile and a half a day. not breaking speed records if you are running from the law. telling investigators he split with richard matt earlier because he was slowing him down. investigators say richard matt smelled of alcohol when he was shot dead on friday afternoon and he was dressed in camouflage fatigues and boots. the bug bites are him were bad, but not as swollen as they thought he would have been. saying it is likely they had some ability to cover themselves or some cover or stayed in the cabin for some time and not out in the elements for the entire time on the run. what s next for mr. sweat? he will get better here say hospital officials, then they will charge him with both break out and burglary and anything else he did illegally while he was out on the loose and then he will go back to prison and even face court on the other charges.
christine, john. thanks miguel. new information revealed by david sweat to be good news for gene palmer. palmer is charged with aiding the escapee bypassing hamburger meat to the inmates. officials say david sweat told investigators palmer was not involved in the escape. he did not know about the blades in the meat. the plot involved sweat, matt and joyce mitchell. even so, police believe others had a hand in the escape even if unwittingly. for these guys breaking out and evading police. joyce mitchell was plan a. there may or may not be others involved in this unknowingly. when you add those all up it is like building a wall. everybody, i think provided a brick, so to speak, until their plan was complete. new information this morning
critical to serious condition. now sweat is revealing details about how he and richard matt escaped, their plan to flee with prison employee joyce mitchell and how it all went so horribly wrong. at least from their vantage point. cnn s miguel marquez has the latest. reporter: christine, john david sweat is speaking and investigators want to get him keep talking and well. he is the best link they have to describe how he and richard matt were able to escape from the maximum security prison. telling them so far that plan a was joyce mitchell. they were going to meet her when they popped up out of the manhole and kill her husband and go to mexico. perhaps toasting margaritas and watching this unfold here. that did not work out. saying that when she did not pick them up they had to figure out a plan b. they got 32 miles in 22 days.
sweat saying the older escapee was slowing him down. sources close to the investigation say richard matt s body smelled of alcohol on friday afternoon. they found evidence he was suffering from illness. possibly from contaminated food or water. christine, john. thanks. new information revealed by david sweat may be good news for corrections officer gene palmer. palmer charged with aiding in the escape with passing hamburger meat to the inmates. there were hacksaw blades in the meat. palmer was not involved in the escape. he did not know about the blades in the meat and plot involved sweat, matt and joyce mitchell. even so officials believe others may have had a hand in the escape if only unwittingly. breaking out of the maximum security prison and evading police for three weeks, joyce
security prison is answering some questions from investigators. 35-year-old david sweat is in a secure unit at the albany medical center. he has been upgraded from critical to serious condition. now sweat is revealing details about how he and richard matt escaped and plans to flee are prison employee joyce mitchell. from his vantage point how it went so horribly wrong. alexandra field has the latest. reporter: the sergeant shot david sweat two miles from the border. he took two bullets to the torso, but sweat tells officials he and richard matt planned to travel with joyce mitchell to mexico. she failed to show up with the get away car and they had to move to plan b. sweat is telling officials that he and richard matt separated some five days before matt s death.