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Who helped them . And what was their plan . Leaving no stone unturned. A scent in the woods, false sightings. All part of a desperate search through the adirondacks and along the Canadian Border. From the ground and from the air. They could have gone to the north up here in the vast woods toward north canada. Easy to get lost up there. Law enforcement on the hunt. Two dangerous fugitives on the loose and a dramatic ending nobody sees coming. Tonight, a cnn special report, the great prison escape. Hello. Im randi kaye in dannemora, new york. Inmates richard matt broke out of the facility here. ...

Dec. 1, 1946 - Dec. 13, 2020 Glenn D. Gardner, a veteran detective who was a key figure in the investigation of two of North Tonawanda's most infamous homicides, died Sunday. He was 74. Mr. Gardner died in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst, of complications from Covid-19, according to his daughter, Pamela Gardner. In 1998, Mr. Gardner won the Exchange Club's Officer of the Year award for his work in bringing Richard W. Matt to justice in the murder and dismemberment of North Tonawanda businessman William Rickerson. Gabe DiBernardo, who was North Tonawanda's chief of detectives at th...

Retired North Tonawanda Police Department Captain Glenn Gardner Dies of COVID-19 Complications By: Staff Reporter The North Tonawanda Police Department announced on Monday, December 14th, 2020, the death of retired Captain Glenn Gardner. Captain Gardner graduated from Niagara Falls High School in 1964.  Following his high school education he obtained Associates Degrees in Business Administration and Police Science, and a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice. Captain Gardner dedicated his life to service.   In 1968 he joined the United States Army and attained the rank of Sergeant before be...

Had used a hacksaw to dismember rickerson. the half brother also said matt threatened to kill both him and his wife unless he gave matt his van to run away. >> he told me mr. rickerson -- he thought mr. rickerson owed him back pay. >> matt took the van to texas, where he abandoned it and then crossed into mexico. it wasn't long before he ran into trouble in that country, killing a man outside of a bar, and then serving nine years in a mexican jail. when he was finally extradited to the u.s. to stand trial on rickerson's murder, the court reportedly installed snipers outside just in case he mad...

When david sweat and richard matt first meet at clinton correctional facility, they have one thing in common, murder. sweat had been convicted of killing a sheriff's deputy back in 2002 and is serving a life sentence without parole. matt had been found guilty of three counts of murder, three counts of kidnapping, and two counts of robbery. he is supposed to be behind bars for 25 years to life. back in 1997, matt had kidnapped his former boss, william rickerson. after torturing him for about 24 hours, he killed him and then did the unimaginable. he dismembered him. lee bates served time after a...