david mccune: oh, yeah. just hanging out there in the office, listening for the phone and listening on the radio, just listening for everybody. the reports are coming in from the investigators, just praying, let this be one of the tips that gets us there. andrea canning (voiceover): while department of corrections officers and us marshals were searching for manard and toby, other investigators were trying to find out if anyone outside the prison was helping manard evade capture. so they interviewed his family and friends, but found no evidence any of them were involved. next, they turned their attention to the prison staff. could one of their own have helped manard? david mccune: we know it happens. i couldn't even hazard a guess in 30 years how many staff that we disciplined or let go because of overly familiar relationships. i mean, it's a number, quite a number. andrea canning (voiceover): but as far as they could tell, no staff member had helped him escape. and that left one person whose actions they cou

david mccune: yeah, he's a very, very dangerous person. tom phelan: he said a prisoner had escaped