If David Sweat and Richard Matt think they can just grow some facial hair to hide from the nation's largest manhunt, the New York State Police want them to know the two escaped inmates are dead wrong.
It's been a week since Sweat and Matt, both convicted murderers, escaped from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York with the aid of a lone prison worker. And while the trail has gone cold -- there have been no confirmed sightings of the escapees despite over 1,000 tips from the public -- police released progression photos depicting what the men may look like after ten days on the lam.
They've probably grown beards.
"As part of the continuing effort in keeping the public informed, law enforcement are releasing progression photos of what the inmates may look like after 10 days," New York State Police said on Facebook, adding that both men are considered to be a danger to the public.
Sweat, 35, was serving a life sentence without parole in the killing of a sheriff's deputy. Matt, 48, was doing 25 years to life for the kidnap, torture and hacksaw dismemberment of his former boss.
The photos, presumably created using age-progression software utilized by the New York State Police, show that the men's hair has grown a touch longer on top of their heads and their facial hair grew about an inch on each. They were built off of photos that were taken May 21, police said.
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Both Joyce Mitchell and Lyle Mitchell are employees of the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora.
Joyce Mitchell is charged with helping the killers flee by providing them with hacksaw blades, chisels and other tools. She was visited in jail Tuesday by her husband.
Clinton County Sheriff David Favro described Joyce Mitchell as "composed" during the morning visit.
Prosecutors say Mitchell, a prison tailoring shop instructor who befriended the inmates, had agreed to be the getaway driver but backed out because she still loved her husband and felt guilty for participating.
Lyle Mitchell arrived with his attorney late Wednesday morning at the state police barracks in Malone to provide a statement, the Press-Republican of Plattsburgh reported.
Major Charles Guess speaks at a press conference updating the media on the search for Richard Matt and David Sweat. pic.twitter.com/QF0TaQ8tEb— NewYorkStatePolice (@nyspolice) June 17, 2015
Investigators have no information that Lyle Mitchell knew about the escape plan or assisted in it, Wylie said.
Mitchell was charged last week with supplying contraband, including a punch and a screwdriver, to the two inmates. She has pleaded not guilty. She has been suspended without pay from her $57,000-a-year job overseeing inmates who sew clothes and learn to repair sewing machines.