Richard Matt

Richard William Matt (born June 25, 1966 in New York City , † June 26, 2015 in Malone ) was an American criminal, murderer and prison escape.

Criminal career

Richard Matt escaped from the maximum-security Erie County Correction Facility in June 1986, serving a one-year prison sentence for assault. After four days of flight, he was arrested again. He then served the sentence in the Attica Correctional Facility . In November 1989 he raped a woman in Buffalo and in October 1991 injured his ex-girlfriend with a knife.

While in custody, he was hired in 1992 by a California businessman for a contract killing of four people, including his wife, the granddaughter of one of the founders of Warner Bros. Entertainment . However, after paying a deposit, Matt informed investigators and negotiated a deal for which he was sentenced to only two to four years in 1993. However, he sat in the Elmira Correctional Facility until February 1997 because of a further conviction for attempted robbery.

In December 1997 he kidnapped his former employer, for whom he had worked in a department store in Tonawanda . He tortured, murdered and dismembered after more than 20 hours for a booty of only about $ 80. He threw parts of the body into the Niagara River .

He then fled to Mexico, where in 1998 he stabbed a tourist in a dispute in a bar in the border town of Matamoros . He was arrested by Mexican police and spent nine years in prison, during which time he was shot trying to escape. In 2007 he was extradited to the United States and in 2008 sentenced to 25 years to life for the murders.

On June 6, 2015, he escaped from the maximum security Clinton Correctional Facility in Clinton County , along with convicted cop killer David Sweat , the first breakout since the prison was established in 1865. After about three weeks on the run, Richard Matt was shot dead by a tactical task force in Malone parish.

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personal data
SURNAME	Matt, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Matt, Richard William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American murderer and prison escape
DATE OF BIRTH	June 25, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	June 26, 2015
Place of death	Malone