Dick Matts down. Sweat still on the lamb.
Dick Matt's down. Sweat still on the lam. Zastolskiy Victor /shutterstock.com

The New York Times is reporting that Richard Matt, an escaped felon who "kidnapped, tortured, and dismembered" his former boss, has been shot and killed in a remote area of Franklin County.

Investigators found evidence of the duo passing through a few hunting cabins in the area.

David Sweat, the other murderer who escaped the Clinton Correctional Facility, is still on the loose.

Stay tuned for more as this story develops.

Update: CNN reports that law enforcement is "closing in" on Dave sweat.

They've also released more information about the killing of Dick Matt. claiming that the escaped convict approached. The evidence in the cabin turned out to be "two sets of footprints" and an "opened bottle of grape-flavored gin," which were found and reported to police by a resident from Malone, NY.

So Dave Sweat and Dick Matt got caught in the cabin vacation stage of their getaway, getting loaded on some bumpy-face grape gin.