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The two of them hit the woods. making way to canada. david sweat says that richard matt was just too slow. he was drinking. he got sick. so about after 18 days he separated from him. david sweat saying he would listen to a.m. radio and then he would go in the other direction and told them there were several close calls. on one occasion he was in a tree stand and border patrol agents right below him and he was able to allude capture and the last day he thought he was home free. a mile away from c...

Escaped the prison the night before on their dry run, but decided the first manhole they reached was not secluded enough. sweat, telling investigators joyce mitchell was supposed to pick them up and drive to west virginia before heading to mexico. >> there were occasions where they heard the helicopters. >> reporter: sweat and matt often tuned into a.m. radio while on the run, changing directions to move to canada. they were very close to being caught several times. >> the sheriffs deputy vehicl...

Obviously we remember she got cold feet and didnt show and started to make the way through the woods into canada or make the way towards canada. richard matt she says was getting sick. he was drinking just going too slow and went ahead without him. after 18 days. he said that he was -- came close to getting caught. he was in the tree stand and looked down and there were some border patrol agents and he said it was so close to getting caught but he managed to elude them and listen to the radio, a...

Before the biggest escape, and after they broke free, they knew all too well they were among americas most wanted. >> they obtained an am/fm radio that they were able to listen to the news media. >> reporter: hiding out as more than 1,000 law enforcement officers scoured the forest with helicopters, atvs and dogs. sweat telling investigators that on at least one occasion, the search teams just missed him. at one point, sweat says searchers were combing the dense forest and had no idea he was rig...

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...

And he saw no indication that aprils leg wound was caused by a dog since the wound did not have the jagged edges often seen in animal bites. the wound was cleanly cut, and the pathologist concluded it had been made by a knife. his finding was that april had been murdered. as john and debbie returned from aprils funeral service, they faced a full-scale investigation. >> the police were everywhere. they felt like that dogs couldnt have done that to her. it was very scary. i couldnt figure it. i co...

Peaceful and quiet. in 1988, debbie loveless and her two daughters from a previous marriage, amy and april, moved in with john miller. he, too, was divorced and worked in the construction industry. >> my marriage with john was good. he was a very good man. took care of me and the kids real well, and we had a happy home life. >> we had a lot of fun together, the children. we did a lot of things with the children. we didnt leave them home when we went somewheres. we took them with us. and had a fa...

You know, this is -- youre really making a mark. >> dont be doing anything foolish either. its just money. [ gunfire ] >> this is not just some drunken punks full of sha nan begins. this puts them on the map. >> cassidy and company planned for that, too. ♪ >> mr. cassidy, you owe me a steak dinner. >> all along the escape route, he stationed fresh horses

And we are getting new information on the search for two convicted killers on the run. officers are to you going door- to-door through 500 homes in northern new york, marking each home after its searched. we are also told by law enforcement sources that motion sensors and surveillance cameras have been set up in the woods inside a search perimeter. and police have interviewed the husband of a prison worker who was arrested on friday. anna werner is in west plattsburgh. >> law enforcement officer...

You know, this is -- youre really making a mark. >> dont be doing anything foolish either. its just money. [ gunfire ] >> this is not just some drunken punks full of sha nan begins. this puts them on the map. >> cassidy and company planned for that, too. ♪ >> mr. cassidy, you owe me a steak dinner. >> all along the escape route, he stationed fresh horses