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Disappearing into thin air. the video's time stamps show the prison guards didn't check on him until 30 minutes after he already vanished from his cell. it took about ten more minutes to prison authorities to enter the cell and follow the drug lord into the tunnel. null arguably given one of the world's most sought-after criminals a big head start to free. the u.s. government is offering a $5 million reward for his capture. mexico is offering an additional $3.8 million. this is the tekd time el chapo escaped from a maximum prison. >> thank you. still to come in the "newsroom," a 3-year-old b...

Friends from before dave got incarcerated. like, they knew each other for a long time. they were very familiar with each other. >> reporter: so familiar, that rumors started flying. >> and we, we all thought that they were, you know, havin' sex back there. >> reporter: but it wasn't until september 2014, years after joyce and sweat first met, that prison authorities got wind of the gossip. >> they were concerned that there was some, statements that inmate sweat and i either had in the past or were having at that time a relationship. which we were not. because they were saying a sexual relation...

Talking all day back and forth, you know. they'd laugh. they'd joke. we -- we thought it was more than them just working together. they acted like they were friends from before dave got incarcerated. like, they knew each other for a long time. they were very familiar with each other. >> reporter: so familiar, that rumors started flying. >> and we, we all thought that they were, you know, having sex back there. >> reporter: but it wasn't until september 2014, years after joyce and sweat first met, that prison authorities got wind of the gossip. >> they were concerned that there was some stateme...

And in the closet, we found a small box of prison issued tobacco from chino institution for men. we checked with prison authorities. got names of any individuals that had escaped within the past week. all of a sudden, we had a suspect. kevin cooper. >> just two days before the murders, 25-year-old kevin cooper had escaped from the california institute for men, a prison just five miles from the ryens' home. police believe he hid at the lease out before killing the ryens and chris hughes. with cooper still at large, san bernardino sheriff floyd tidwell took to the air waves. >> we have evidence ...

The prison authorities, they then get the protection of being put away from the prison population. >> they're trying to build up some credibility with you, are you being honest with them? or are you trying to be a sleeper so you can get out there and stab one of these people who has disassociated themselves from these gangs. >> for a gang member, it's probably one of the toughest decisions they'll ever make in their life. >> it's easy to get into the gang and start doing stuff with the gang. to stipulate away from it, other gang members consider them a rat or no good. it's a tough decision for...