The work to make the escape route was done from the outside. This was a break-IN, not a break-out. Probably a contractor did it as soon as the steam heat was turned off for the summer. Only a contractor could get away with making that much noise. It was done during the day while other routine maintenance was being done on the heating system. The very last cuts were made the night these guys escaped. Somebody in a car was waiting for them near the manhole.
The escapee who is supposed to be the 'lady killer' made sure to flirt with the female employee. That way the finger of suspicion would point toward her, giving them more time to cover their tracks.
A woman didn't engineer this break-in. It was somebody with a lot of resources who wants this guy out for a reason. The other guy had to join him, otherwise they'd make him an accomplice for not reporting any noise.
“The work to make the escape route was done from the outside. This was a break-IN, not a break-out.”
The article says it absolutely could not have been done from the outside. The manhole cover, the exit point where any outside tunnelers would have had to start, was opened from the inside.
Forensics should be able to discern whether the pipe was cut from inside or outside.
You might want to rethink that.
"A female prison worker being questioned by police, who are hunting two escapees from an upstate New York prison, thought she had a romantic relationship with one of them and had planned to drive the getaway car"
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