Richard Matt Wrote to Daughter Before Escape
HARLOW: New details this morning about the New York prison escape including a letter and a promise made by now dead escapee Richard Matt to his daughter. According to the "Buffalo News," Matt reached out to his daughter before the infamous prison break vowing to, quote, "see you on the outside." Jean Casarez is live for us in Dannemora, New York, with the details. Good morning, Jean.</s>JEAN CASAREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Poppy. "The Buffalo News" is reporting through an unnamed law enforcement source that the daughter of Richard Matt actually received a letter on June 9th. Now that was after the breakout right here at the prison, but it was written and mailed before he escaped. And the pertinent part of that letter, we have it for everybody, it says, quote, "I made you -- I always promised you I would see you on the outside. I'm a man of my word." And, of course, we don't know if he was bragging here, if the intent was to finally get to his daughter, but the New York State Department of Corrections as per policy does not go through outgoing mail from the inmates unless the superintendent by written authorization believes there is a security risk, believes there is something in a written correspondence that they need to know for the prison itself or for the community. But that was the last written correspondence we know that Richard Matt made, but it was one week ago today in the afternoon when Richard Matt was surrounded by law enforcement. Now, in the hours before that happened, we want to show you the trailer that Richard Matt was in, one of the many areas he was in. This trailer is not far from the road, as you can see. It is dilapidated, it is abandoned. The registration on it says 1998. It was from that trailer, not far from the road, that Richard Matt shot that 20-gauge shotgun and shot into the camper of a passing motorist. Well, that was when the tactical unit of the Customs and Border Patrol were alerted. They flew in in helicopter. They did a ground search, and about 3:45 in the afternoon a week ago today, they cornered Matt. One agent asked him to surrender because they saw that 20-gauge shotgun, and now we are learning Matt actually pointed the gun at the agent who then shot three shots into Richard Matt in the head, shooting and killing him -- Poppy.</s>HARLOW: Wow. Jean Casarez reporting for us right outside the prison. Thank you. Let's talk more about this investigation with Patrick Johnson, he is a former warden at Chautauqua County Jail.