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Richard William “Rick” Matt (June 25, 1966 – June 26, 2015) [1] was an American murderer known for his prison escape, the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape.. A native of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area where he grew up in foster homes, Matt was a career criminal who had already served several prison terms for various crimes before he and an accomplice robbed ...
Jul 28, 2015 · Richard Matt, left, and David Sweat were on the run after they escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, on Saturday, June 6. Matt was killed by police on Friday, June 26.
Jun 8, 2016 · Richard Matt and David Sweat 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.
- Jen Kirby
- Contributor
Oct 23, 2024 · Sweat had been an inmate at Clinton for nearly a decade when the escape attempt happened, serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing a Broome County sheriff in 2002 (per ABC News). During his time at Clinton, Sweat came to befriend fellow inmate Richard Matt, who, himself, was serving a 25-year sentence for the kidnapping and assault of a man in New York state.
- Klein Felt
- Senior Editor
Oct 22, 2024 · Showtime’s ‘Escape at Dannemora’ draws inspiration from the real-life events of June 2015. Two inmates, David Sweat and Richard Matt, escaped from the maximum-security Clinton Correctional Facility located in upstate New York. The pair received assistance from Joyce Mitchell, a prison worker, who later alleged that she was manipulated by the convicts into helping them. […]
Oct 24, 2024 · What happened to Richard Matt and David Sweat? David Sweat (R) talks with his lawyer, Joseph Mucia before his court hearing Thursday Aug. 20, 2015 at Clinton County Court in Plattsburgh, N.Y. AP
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Oct 27, 2024 · David Sweat and Richard Matt (played by Paul Dano and Benicio del Toro, respectively, in Escape at Dannemora) were officially noted absent on the morning of June 6, 2015. Though they had intended to be picked up by Tilly Mitchell (Patricia Arquette), the prison employee was a no-show.
