The Latest: No services planned for slain prison escapee, funeral home abiding by son's wishes

Published May 03, 2016

The latest on the capture of one convicted murderer from a maximum-security prison and the killing of the other (all times local):

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12 p.m. EDT

A funeral director says no services have been planned for a prison escapee shot to death after three weeks on the run in northern New York.

Winthrop Allen with the John O. Roth Funeral Home in Tonawanda says Friday that the "final disposition" of Richard Matt's body has taken place. Allen wouldn't say if Matt was buried or cremated or offer any other details.

Allen says that the body is no longer at the funeral home and that he acted in accordance with the wishes of Matt's son.

Matt and David Sweat escaped June 6 from Clinton Correctional Facility.

Matt was shot and killed by a border patrol agent June 26. Sweat was shot and captured two days later and is hospitalized.

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