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He dismembered Rickerson’s body, disposed of him in the Niagara River, and then fled to Mexico.

He was only extradited to the U.S. after stabbing someone outside a bar.

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Sweat was just as much of a cold-hearted killer as Matt.

Sweat pleaded guilty, with a sentence of life without parole, so that avoid the death penalty.

She did this by hiding the items in frozen hamburger meat that she was bringing into the prison.

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But Sweat was no longer with him.

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In fact, the men had split up about two weeks prior.

Two days after Matt was killed, Sweat was spotted by police in New York.

There was a lot of fallout because of Mitchell’s actions.

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I live with regret every day and will for the rest of my life."

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