That is where the inmates allegedly killed a suburban police officer Dec. 24. State police hope psychological profiles of the men might give the hundreds of state and federal agents involved in the manhunt an indication of the prisoners' exact whereabouts and next move. So far, none of the tips has put them any closer to apprehending the seven heavily armed prisoners, who escaped from a south Texas prison Dec. 13. The manhunt involves agencies from the Texas Rangers to the FBI and U.S. Marshals Service to the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. There is genuine concern about the threat they represent.
Most officials say they believe the seven escapees have remained together.
Two were convicted of murder, two of armed robbery, one of child abuse, one of being a serial rapist, and one of burglary and rape. They are being called the most dangerous men in Texas. They've demonstrated their disregard for life and law enforcement. In that robbery, the escapees are believed to have made off with 25 weapons, ammunition, winter clothing, cash and an employee's vehicle, which they later abandoned. They already were well-armed after taking 16 weapons, including a high powered rifle, shotgun and ammunition, when they broke out of the Connally Unit prison at Kenedy, about 60 miles southeast of San Antonio.