(CNN) -- One of three inmates who escaped from an Indiana maximum-security prison was captured Monday about eight miles away in southwestern Michigan, officials said.
Charles Smith, 48, was serving time on a murder charge and was captured in Grand Beach, Michigan, said public information officer John Schrader of the Indiana Department of Corrections. Smith escaped from the prison in Michigan City on Sunday along with murderer Mark Booher, 46, and rapist Lance Battreal, 45, Schrader said Monday.
"It appears they escaped by traveling in tunnels under the prison grounds," Schrader said at a news briefing Sunday. "This is a very unusual occurrence."
The three were discovered missing from their housing unit during a routine count Sunday, prison officials said. All three had at least 30 years left on their sentences.
Residents should take precautions, Schrader said.
"There should obviously be concern because the individuals are, in fact, dangerous," he said.
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