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On June 6, 2015, while serving a 25 years to life sentence for Rickerson's murder, the 48-year-old Matt and 34-year-old David Sweat executed an elaborate escape from the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York and became the subjects of a trans-national manhunt.
The 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape was a jailbreak that took place on June 6, 2015, when two inmates, Richard Matt and David Sweat, were discovered missing during a 5:17 a.m. bed check at the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, United States.
Jul 28, 2015 · David Sweat escaped from prison on June 6, along with fellow inmate Richard Matt. He told law enforcement how he split from Matt along with other details.
Jun 8, 2016 · Last year, two convicted murderers pulled off a brazen escape from Clinton Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in the town of Dannemora, in upstate New York. Richard Matt and...
- Jen Kirby
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Oct 28, 2024 · The prison break shown in Escape at Dannemora happened for real in 2015. Richard Matt, played by Benicio del Toro, was a dangerous criminal with a troubled past. In his 30s, he kidnapped and murdered his former boss, William Rickerson.
- Jashandeep Singh
Oct 30, 2024 · The show is based on a real-life prison escape of Richard Matt and David Sweat at the Clinton Correctional Facility. The two prisoners who were convicted of murders developed a strong kinship with the prison staff and escaped by drilling holes in the wall.
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Aug 27, 2015 · Three weeks after inmates Richard Matt and David Sweat escaped from an upstate New York prison, a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol unit brought into the hunt for the fugitives jumped into two...
