2 Killers Escape a Maximum Security Prison in Upstate New York
Two convicted murderers pulled off a "Shawshank Redemption" escape.
By HHHolmes
Published 10 years ago in Creepy
Two convicted murderers pulled off a "Shawshank Redemption" escape from a maximum security prison in upstate New York by cutting through a steel wall and following a series of tunnels until they emerged from a manhole outside the prison walls.
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A massive manhunt continues for two convicted murderers who escaped from a New York prison over the weekend. The prisoners, Richard Matt and David Sweat, were discovered missing from the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora about 5:30 a.m. Saturday.
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Matt and Sweat tricked the guards by arranging things in the bunks to look "like people were sleeping ... with these sweatshirt hoodies on," the governor said. The inmates were discovered missing at the 5:30 a.m. inmate count.
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The men had side-by-side cells and apparently had obtained power tools to cut through the steel wall in their cells, authorities said.
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The escapees followed a catwalk down an elaborate maze of pipes into tunnels and exited the series of tunnels at the manhole cover.
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Sweat was serving life without parole after being convicted first-degree murder in the death of a Broome County sheriff's deputy on July 4, 2002, state police said.
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Matt is serving 25 years to life for the 1997 kidnapping, dismembering and killing of his former boss.
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A $100,000 reward has been offered for information leading to their capture. If you see men meeting their descriptions, please call 911, 1-800-GIVE-TIP or New York State Police at (518) 563-3761.
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