Beat and tortured him, then snapped his neck cut up the body and dumped it into a river. If you see them call 911 and police say be very, very careful because matt already has experience fleeing the country. They could be almost anywhere tonight. They also may have had help doing what they did. What they did was break out of one of the biggest toughest and most remotely located maximum Security Prisons in the state of new york. How they did it how they cut and crawled their way out of the Clinton Correctional Facility in dannemora is look something straight out of the movies. We are following this all night. Reporter they were supposed to be in their beds in adjoining cells but instead before dawn saturday a routine check turned up something else. They werent actual dummies, but they were they had clothing on and it looked like people were sleeping in the bunks with a sweat shirt hoodie on. Reporter one of a handful of clever moves by this crime duo, richard matt and david sweat, both convicted killers. They were last seen around 10 30 friday night in their cells during a standing count. Their bunks were also checked every two hours during the night but it wasnt until 5 30 a. M. Saturday morning that a guard sounded the alarm. The search revealed that there was a hole cut out of the back of the cell through which mees Inmates Escape these Inmates Escaped. Reporter they tutd cut their way using power tools that still no one knows how they got. The escapees followed a catwalk thats six stories high eventually snaking their way through an elaborate maze of pipes before shimmying through tunnels. The prisoners got their first taste of freedom in years when they popped out of that manhole right there at that yellow tape. This is actually the closest that were allowed to get toy. It was a pretty bold exit plan because right over there is a health club. And its surrounded by homes in this quiet neighborhood. So anyone who might have been outside and might have seen them could have quickly called police. The man shoal just a block and a half from the prison where new York Governor Andrew Cuomo retraced the mens steps. All that cutting. Reporter these are dangerous men. Sweat was serving life without parole for killing a serves deputy in 2002, matt was serving 25 years to life after murdering and dismemmingen a man in 1997. The convicts are the first to escape from maximum security at Clinton Correctional Facility since it opened in 1865 leaving behind this note dripping with sarcasm. It reads, have a nice day. So many Unanswered Questions for authorities, how this prison break go unnoticed with regular bed checks . How could the guards not have heard the sounds of the power tools . And perhaps the biggest question of all, where did those power tools come from . We are looking to see if possibly one a civilian applieeapply employee or a contractor was assisting this escape. Reporter despite more than 150 continues a 50,000 reward for each man and intensive search efforts involving 250 law enforcent, helicopters and blood hounds there is no sign of the escapees. So there are checkpoints all over town because they are trying to find these guys. Open your trunk, please. Reporter sure. One second. We have to open the trunk so they can get a look inside. Should be open now. Yes, it is. Reporter they are going through it. Through our luggage which is back there, making sure there is nothing underneath it. All set maam. Have a good night. All set . Good to go . Thank you. You can see why with checkpoints like these all over town the community is really on edge. But these guys are determined to fine those two inmates. With the prison just 25 miles south of the Canadian Border authorities are concerned warning those to the north there are killers on the loose. Now what do we know about this female prison employee that investigators questioned today . She was questioned as a possible accomplice. She apparently knew these two guys well she worked with them tailoring clothing inside the prison. She was questioned. She wasnt charged. She wasnt arrested. We are also learning new information about whether or not these two guys might have been kauts on surveillance tape. State police say there is limited surveillance tape from inside the facility and it hasnt been fruitful. Turns out there arent any cameras on the corner near the manhole where they came up. They dont know whether they left on foot or sp someone met them at the manhole and picked them up. This note that they left the smiley face does anyone have any explanation for what that means . Its one of the most bizarre items they left behind. They are not sure what it means. Some of them suggested that maybe it means they were digging to china, they are also wondering if there is some type of asian racist message in there as well. It is a big you know what to the prison crew a nasty message left behind by these guys. Seems like nobody here can figure it out exactly. Incredible breakout. Just to give you how much the prison dominates the local landscape, according to the local chamber of commerce it is the second largest employer in the county and a major job source for the people of dannemora including the mayor of the village who oversees the prison laundry Michael Bennet who joins us now. Beyond being mayor you have worked at the prison for 18 years. Do you know the woman ranee just reported on . Are you familiar with the people who do the tailoring or how any of that works . No ive never worked with that woman. And she is in a different part of the facility. In terms of the situation in the town right now i know because you are an employee at the prison you obviously cant spee about what happened or the details of it. But how is the town reacting to this . Initially there was shock. Obviously, this has never happened before. And there was fear you know among a lot of people. But being a prison town a lot of the people within the village work for the department of corrections. And im really amazed at how well the people are handling it. And i think a lot of that has to do with the high number of law personnel that are in our village right now. We saw ranee kay, a reporter getting her vehicle searched as she went through a check point. What kind of Police Presence are you seeing . You said you are seeing large numbers. Are there a lot of checkpoints up . There is a checkpoint on just about every corner within the village. The department of correction is doing most of the checking in the village. And the state police are on the outskirts of the village. What advice do you have for residents . People who have been coming up to you from surrounding areas about these two while they are still at large . Well my main thing would be, make sure you keep your properties secure. And you know be aware of your surroundings at all times. And if you happen to see something, you know make sure you call the state police. Have you ever heard of anything like this out of this prison in particular . No. This is the first time that this has ever happened to my knowledge. Are there a lot of you know cabins places where people could hide out in the surrounding areas . Yeah there is numerous areas, you know different hunting camps. Theres numerous areas that they could be hiding. And in term of getting to canada if that was a destination, how complicated is that . Well its a walk. But it could be done. You know were not that far from the canyon border. But i would have to bet the troopers and the other law enforce. Are keeping a really close watch at that area. And obviously they have contacted canadian authorities as well. Mayor bennet i appreciate your time. A lot more to come including the specifics on what these two were doing timer time for. A victims sister joins us. Well also talk to a pair of top u. S. Marshal about the pattern that fugitives follow and why some manage to stay on the the loose more than others. And we will talk to a former inmate. If you misplaced your Discover Card you can now use freeze it to prevent new purchases on your account in seconds. And once you find it you can switch it right on again. Youre back freeze it, only from discover. Get it at discover. Com. Dont just visit new york. Visit tripadvisor new york. Tripadvisor not only has millions of real travelers reviews and opinions, but checks hundreds of websites, so people can get the best hotel prices. To plan, compare book the perfect trip, visit tripadvisor. Com today. Breaking news tonight. The search for the killers who broke out of a new york prison and could be almost anywhere. There is a lot more information we have been gathering just over the last 12 hours or so. And even into this night. Take a look. David sweat on the left. Richard matt on the right. One a cop killer. The other, matt quite literally a butcher and someone with Prior Experience on the run. In a moment what it will take to catch them. First their bloody resumes. Reporter vicious, cunning, extremely violent. Thats how a retired detective describes now 49yearold richard matt. Matt was convicted in 2008 of kidnapping his exboss william pickerson sr. Who own a food delivery business. At the trial, an accomplice testified the man he called rick matt tortured the elderly business man tossing him in a car trunk for 27 hours before snapping his neck. And it didnt stop there. Matt then dismembered pickersons body. The accomplice testifying quote, he cut up the torso, and he said that he threw the legs in the niagara river. Before he could stand trial for that murder he escaped to mexico where he soon killed another american in a bar. He was thrown in a mexican prison and extradited to new york to stand trial for the pickerson homicide. Years earlier, in upstate new york matt had escaped a different prison facility while serving time for burglary. He isthese are really dangerous desperate men. Literally killers. Reporter the second is 35 yearly david sweat serving life without parole for the 2002 murder of a sheriffs deputy. Sweat robbed a gun store when he and his accomplice were confronted by the sheriff. He shot him 12 times. The two men worked in the prison taylor shop with a female employee now suspected of helping the two men break out. Cnn, new york. For some this is deeply personal. Sharon tarsia is the late deputys sister. She joins us on the phone. Sharon what went through your mind when you heard the man who killed your brother escaped from print. I said oh, my god, no way. I had to read it twice. I couldnt believe it. What kind of guy is this david sweat . I think it is very evil and is deserves the same thing done that he did to my brother. I just cant i dont know how anybody could do what he did to my brother. I just all he was doing was his job. And then he gets ran over and shot. Its just i just i cant even stand the thought of it. Do you believe the prison is at fault here . Maybe should should have been able to keep a better eye on these guys, keep them behind bars. I think they should because i dont know how anybody could drill a hole through a steel wall and not hear a drill going. It sees suspicious. Is this guy somebody you have thought of in the time he has been incarcerated or after the trial after he was convicted of killing your brother . Is it somebody you kind of put out of your mind . I never put him out of my mind because i always think about what he did and how awful this guy is and disgusting. And you cannot stop thinking about what he did. Its just this will never go out of my mine. Tell us about your brother. What kind of guy was he . He was very support. I look he always gave me advice. Like if i ever needed advice he would be right there. He always helped me out when i needed someone. He would do anything for anybody. He thats how he was. He was a good cop. And like even if he pulled somebody over or something he would try to give them you know if he he tried give them a chance. Sharon im sorry for what you are going through, for what your family is going through right now. Lets hope they catch this guy quickly. Thank you. I do, too. A lot of people now. More now on how fugitives run and how had he get caught. A former commander of the u. S. Marshals Service RegionalFugitive Task for for newark and new jersey and another who dufrs washington, d. C. Area. Robert i know your office is helping run down leads right now. How concerned are you about these fugitives . How much of a danger do you believe they pose . We are very concerned. Guys like this they have nothing to loose with the sentencing they were serving on the run. My fear is for the Patrol Officer, the uniformed Patrol Officer who might pull them over unknowingly. And for some traffic violation. I understand you believe these guys might be on the run together because of what your sources have told you about their relationship in prison. What do you know about them . I mean it is a good possibility, anderson. Im not kplutdly sure and cant confirm or deny that but they were very close in prison. As they had said earlier, they didnt share a cell. They were next to each other. They were always seen together in yard. They ate together for the past several years. So you know, they are friends. Are they together . We dont know. If they Stay Together does that make it easier from a Law Enforcement standpoint . Because you essentially then you dont have two separate manhunts going on . Exactly. I mean you have got one manhunt at that point. If they do split up selfleads are come in from a vaeftd of different areas that need to be vetted. And certainly our folks and our Task Force Working with the new York State Troopers they are not going to leave any stones unturned. They are doing a fullcourt press. I know weve made both of these two of our top 15 wanted fugitives in the u. S. Marshals service. Well dedicate all our resources and equipment and manpower and money to get these two apprehended as quick as possible. Robert how difficult is it to track down fugitives in a situation like this . We are talking about a remote area. There arent a lot of surveillance cameras. The mayor said there is hunting cabins around that may be unoccupied that somebody could use close to the Canadian Border. Its very difficult. But i have great faith in the new York State Police department and our task force up there. And they have the cooperation of our entire agency. But more than that what we need is the public to help. And thats why i dont want to speculate whether they are together or apart weve seen lenny knows we have seen it happen whether they were arrested togetherful sometimes they split up once they get help. But i dont want a hotels clerk who may have seen one of them not to call because they think they may be together. Anything is a possibility. We really need the public to call in. And especially with some of the specifics like the tattoo on that guys fingers, the ifb. Thats something a cabbie or a Convenience Store clerk might remember. Dont hesitate to call. We have that number. Its up on the screen or you can put it up on the screen. We have people answering that phone 24 hours a day ready to follow up on leads anywhere across the country. We will have the tip line throughout the hour. In your experience lenny, is there a pattern . Do fugitives tend to stay close . Try to wait it out . Do they try to get as far away as possible . Or is it impossible to say, every case is different. Every case is different. There is no telling. These guys did they get help from the inside. All sorts of speculations goingan. The lead investigators im sure have interviewed the right people from Prison Guards to workers. I know there was a lot of renovation doing done inside the prison and there was a lot of equipment that could have been used and apparently was used for their breakout. What was their plan b once they got out . If there was help on the inside were there phone calls made . Was money brought into the prison . Were there meetings on the outside by folks from the inside . There is questions that i dont have the answers to but i am sure they are crossing their ts and. Ing their is in command post. Part of what they do is check who has been to the prison to visit them phone calls that they made and obviously past associations they had prior to getting to that prison . Absolutely. We leave no stone unturned. We are going to check past acquaintances, family members, we are doing interviews surveillance. We are doing everything to help the new York State Police department. And even if people have knew these guys before dont hesitate to call. Call us and let us know if you know friends that they had, girlfriends, family members, any of that can help us in our investigation. And robert when people say its close to the Canadian Border they are afraid of them crossing over into canada does that matter in term of the hand muntd manhunt . It is a good possibility because they are so close. We have a canyon liaison program. We have monthly meetings with canyon Law Enforcement authorities. They have been notified and we are in contact with them. We can chase them there. 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