Body of US prison escapee released

THE body of Richard Matt, who escaped from a US prison and was shot dead while on the run, has been released to a funeral home.

The body of Richard Matt, who escaped from a US prison, has been released to a funeral home.

THE body of a convicted murderer who broke out of prison and was fatally shot after three weeks on the run has been released to a funeral home as his fellow escapee continued his recovery at a hospital under heavy guard.

RICHARD Matt's body was being transported from a northern New York state hospital to a funeral home before being taken about six hours away to Tonawanda, in western New York, said the director of the Heald Funeral Home in Plattsburgh on Thursday.