CLOVIS, N.M. - Five of eight inmates who escaped from a county jail after shimmying up pipes and cutting a hole in the roof remained at large Tuesday and were considered dangerous. Among them were a convicted murderer and another man charged with murder.

The escape was discovered Sunday night. Federal, state and local authorities spent much of Monday interviewing the escapees’ family members and friends. They searched homes in the Clovis area, near the Texas state line, as well as one in Albuquerque, District Attorney Matt Chandler said.