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The fbi is investigating possible drug and corruption there. much more from those threads. and tonight late word on richard matt and how he looked when the law caught up with them. we start with the time line of david sweat's takedown and gary tuchman. >> reporter: the word came over police radios around 3:20 p.m. gun shorts fired. as scores of police raced to the ironically named town of constable on the canadian border there was hope that david sweat had been captured. but only one officer was at the scene. >> as he was driving down the road he spotted a male basically jogging along the side...

Canadian border and to cabins barns, remeet houses dozens of places where they might find supplies. second camouflaged clothing. when or how they obtained it is a mystery but it certainly could have made it harder for grounds patrols to spot them. third, pepper. yes, pepper. >> go in there and get me chilly powder and pepper and curry. a lot of it. >> >> reporter: just as cool hand luke used peptory confound tracking dogs early on police dogs appeared to have a strong trail, but then inexplicably lost night we believe that possibly these two males were using pepper to throw the scent off of th...

And this is what happened. i was hoping you could provide clarity as to how your county is going to handle -- >> i already gave an interview. i don't want to talk to you guys right now. >> reporter: well you are a public official, ma'am, can you explain -- there is a lot of people who don't have clarity as to how your county is going to handle this. could you handle us? >> i already gave an interview. >> reporter: you didn't give an interview to us. >> i know. >> are you not going to issue the licenses then. >> i'm going to post something on our website so you can read about it tomorrow. >> so...

Enforcement agents who risked their lives to find the two escapees. >> they did an amazing job tracking these guys and getting them. >> reporter: 1300 men and women looking for these killers. but it came down to onan marks sergeant jay cook whose alert patrolling on this quiet road put an ends to the fears of a region. >> gary joins us close to where david sweat was shot and taken into custody. how long would it have taken sweat to actually get to canada from where you are if he hadn't been caught. >> reporter: earlier in the evening i took a hike in the woods just to get an idea of the twinni...

We start with the time line of david sweat's takedown and gary tuchman. >> reporter: the word came over police radios around 3:20 p.m. gunshots fired. scores of police raced to the ironically named town of constible, there was hope david sweat had been captured and fear police officers or civilians could have been hurt. one, only one officer was already at the scene. new york state trooper sergeant jay cook. >> as he was driving down the road he spotted a male who was basically jogging up along the side of the road. he approached him. and as he exited the car the man turned to him, he says hey...