Grant Hardin, former police chief of the small town of Gateway, Arkansas, who was convicted of murder, has been recaptured ...

Convicted murderer Grant Hardin escaped from a Calico Rock, Arkansas, prison on May 25, 2025. Hardin was serving time for the 2017 murder of James Appleton and the 1997 rape of a teacher.

Grant Hardin had been at North Central Unit, a prison located in Calico Rock, Arkansas, since 2017. He escaped around 3:40 p.m., the Arkansas Department of Corrections said in a social media post.

Grant Hardin, the former police chief in the small town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape and became known as the "Devil in the Ozarks." ...

Grant Hardin ... a community church service occured down the hall. Hardin pleaded guilty to rape and kidnapping in 2018, with a judge sentencing him to an additional 50 years in jail.

A former Arkansas police chief who escaped from a prison 12 days ago was apprehended about a mile and half from where he was ...

Fugitive Grant Hardin ... community church service occured down the hall. Hardin pleaded guilty to rape and kidnapping in 2018, with a judge sentencing him to an additional 50 years in jail.

Grant Hardin, 56, escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock, Arkansas, at 2:55 p.m. local time on May 25 wearing a "makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement," according to the ...