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Escaped New York Convicts Had Plans to Run to Mexico Under Fake Names: Report
By people.com- Naja Rayne
Published: 06/07/2016

David Sweat and Richard Matt, the two convicts – in prison for murder – who escaped from an upstate New York Prison last year, had plans to go to Mexico under fake names, the Associated Press reports.

In a report release obtained by the AP, State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott said the pair – who were aided by two employees of the Clinton Correctional Facility, who provided the men with tools to cut through their cell wall – were given an atlas by another prison employee, Joyce Mitchell.

Mitchell also made calls, asking about rental cabins in Vermont where the convicts could go after their escape, but once they realized the rentals were too expensive they decided on Mexico.

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