This is what I figured. They couldn't have known she was going to bail on picking them up but it sounds like they were very meticulous in their planning. They give her a fake plan, make her closeness with Matt known around the jail. When they escape they knew it would come back to her because of the power tools. Police focus their search near the prison assuming they are on foot. Its perfect. They have only search to Pittsburgh and it has been 9 days. With the head start these guys had and amount of time it has been, they could be literally anywhere.