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Of david sweats story can authorities really believe? >> they have to you know sort of weave through that. they just dont know. they know he is a convicted cop killer. they know hes escaped from prison. but they are listening to what he has to say. they want to hear what he has to say and he certainly is talking quite a bit from his hospital bed. what he has led authorities to certainly believe is that it was much easier to break out of this place than anyone could have imagined. after two days ...

There were too many homes. she decide they decided they had would escape through a different manhole the following night. sweat said the two used nothing more than hacksaws. no power tools to cut their way out. these are some stunning new details if, of course i have to emphasize that sweat is telling the truth. >> reporter: if. you have to under score that. were talking about a convicted cop killer a guy who escaped from prison. he doesnt have a lot to lose. he is talking from his hospital bed....

Because he was out of shape and couldnt keep up. sweat says the two went their separate ways after matt broke into a cabin and started getting drunk. it was after the two split up that sweat had his closest call with being caught. the district attorney tells abc news sweat was hiding in a tree stand as an officer walked past him. sweat says while on the run he learned officers had killed richard matt and pressed on to the canadian border until a state police officer shot and wounded him. he is n...