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>> they have a plan to do harm to lyle. she doesn't agree with that. she doesn't want lyle hurt. they start threatening her, saying, "you know we are going to have someone hurt him anyway. we're going to have someone hurt him in the facility," or, "we are going to have someone go to the house and hurt him. you've got to help us out." >> for a woman of many secrets, some are still unknown. is she telling investigators everything she knows? or does she have more information on where richard matt and david sweat are heading? can a business have a ? a subconscious. a knack for predicting the future. reflexes faster than the speed of thought. can a business have a spirit? can a business have a soul? can a business be...alive?
>> they have a plan to do harm to lyle. she doesn't agree with that. she doesn't want lyle hurt. they start threatening her, saying, "you know we are going to have someone hurt him anyway. we're going to have someone hurt him in the facility," or, "we are going to have someone go to the house and hurt him. you've got to help us out." >> for a woman of many secrets, some are still unknown. is she telling investigators everything she knows? or does she have more information on where richard matt and david sweat are heading? ♪ where will you be able to go in a jeep renegade? ♪ go forth and have no fear ♪ just about everywhere...safely.
you know, love is blind. >> joyce mitchell remains behind bars sticking to her story she didn't want lyle to be hurt. >> they have a plan to do harm to lyle. she doesn't agree with that. she doesn't want lyle hurt. they start threatening her, saying you know we are going to have someone hurt him anyway. we're going to have someone hurt him in the facility or we are going to have someone go to the house and hurt him. you've got to help us out. >> for a woman of many secrets, some are still unknown. is she telling investigators everything she knows? or does she have more information on where richard matt and david sweat are heading?
having a relationship with her? >> yeah, and he never confirmed it or denied it. >> mitchell's attorney denies she ever had a sexual relationship with sweat. but whatever it was raised eyebrows and led to sweat being moved out of the tailor shop in 2013. and with sweat out of there, richard matt could make his move. matt is known as a lady's man, a charmer whopry befriends mitchell. in 2013, the two start a sexual relationship, according to a source close to the investigation. they have sex in the tailor shop when no one else is around. all this time, joyce mitchell keeps it a secret from her husband, lyle, according to his attorney. even though lyle mitchell also worked in the prison tailor shop and knew both richard matt and david sweat. joyce has established a pattern of deception. former fbi profilar mary ellen o'toole says inmates can be like
custody. >> a relieved community turns out to thank law enforcement. the nightmare is over, but the story is still unfolding. even in critical condition, david sweat begins to spill the details about the great escape. he tells investigators he had separated from richard matt five days earlier because matt was slowing him down. sweat says matt was out of shape and hitting the bottle too much after they had broken into a cabin. sweat also shares that they had planned to go to mexico after escaping, but were forced to improvise when prison seamstress joyce mitchell failed to pick them up in the getaway car. >> when mitchell doesn't show up, the mexico plan gets filed and then they headed north towards canada. >> and remember the plan to kill joyce mitchell's husband, lyle? sweat tells investigators it was actually mitchell's idea to kill her husband, before they all fled to mexico. her attorney denies that. also a source close to the
and he is confronted outside by abc news with a stunning question. >> what do you make of the reports that she was trying to have you killed? >> that's right. not only was joyce mitchell allegedly having a sexual relationship with a prisoner and potentially helping them plot their escape. authorities say she was also aware of a plan to have her husband killed. her change of heart about taking part in the plot to kill her husband comes on the eve of the escape, according to the buffalo news, while the couple is out on a dinner date sharing chinese food. mitchell's attorney says she was not involved in the plot. >> did you know anything about the escape plan? >> lyle mitchell's lawyer says he didn't know about any of his wife's activities until he confronted her two days after the escape. that's when she told him the escapees wanted to kill him. lyle was stunned when he heard about affair and the murder plot and feels betrayed by his wife. >> i hate to use the cliche but
to drive the get aweighway car. this is where they were supposed to meet. this power plant is just a few hundred yards away from the manhole where the men emerged from. the power plant's smokestack, i'm told is visible from the tailor shop at the prison where the two men worked with joyce mitchell. the d.a. says that smokestack was likely a marker for their meeting place. but on the day of the planned getaway, she panics, saying she is chest pains. and instead of picking up her lover and his fellow fugitive, she is goes to the hospital with her husband, lyle. >> prisoners have all the time in the world. they are con men to begin with. these guys are sociopaths. they manipulate this women. they got to this woman's low self-esteem. and they got her, which i think is sad. now her life is ruined. her slive holy hell, they are out there running around and couldn't care less about her. >> joyce mitchell is charged on
like girlfriend. >> did you ever ask him? >> he never confirm it or denied it. >> mitchell's attorney denials she ever had a sexual relationship with sweat. but whatever it was, it led to sweat being moved out of the tailor shop in 2013. with sweat out of there, richard matt could make his move. matt is known as a ladies man, a charmer who befriends mitchell. in 2013, the two start a sexual relationship according to a source close to the investigation. they have sex in the tailor shop when no one else is around. all this time, joyce mitchell keeps it a secret from her husband lyle, according to his attorney. even though lyle mitchell also work in the prison tailor shop and knew both richard matt and david sweat. >> joyce has established a pattern of deception. >> reporter: the form he fbi profiler said inmates can be
>> i hate to use the word cliche but love is blind. >> reporter: joyce mitchell remains behind bars, sticking to her story, she didn't want lyle to be hurt. >> they have a plan to do harm to lyle. she doesn't agree with that. she doesn't want lyle hurt. they start to threaten her. saying we will have someone hurt him any way. we will have someone hurt him in the facility or go to the house and hurt him. you have to help us out. >> for a woman of many secrets, some are still unknown. is she telling investigators everything she knows? or does she have more information on where richard matt and david sweat are heading? hey, tom. small job? no, doing the whole living room. hey you guys should come over later. the exclusive one-coat color collection from behr® marquee interior. every color covers in one coat, guaranteed. turning a two-coat job into an easy marquee® afternoon. sfx: phone chime
authorities say mitchell admitted she was actually going to drive the getaway car. this is where they were supposed to meet, this power plant is a few hundred yards away from the manhole where the men emerged from. the power plant's smokestack, i'm told, is visitable from the prison where the two men worked with joyce mitchell. the d.a. says the smokestack was likely a marker for their meeting place. but on the day of the planned getaway she panics, saying she had chest pains and instead of picking up her lover and fellow fugitive she goes to the hospital with her husband lyle. >> prisoners have all the time in the world. they are conmen to begin with. these men are sociopaths. they manipulate women. they got though this woman's low self esteem and got her which is sad. now her life is ruined. her life is holy hell. they are out running around. they couldn't care less about her. >> are you in love with richard matt? >> reporter: joyce mitchell is