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How Northern Arkansas’ terrain may help an escaped convict evade capture
As the search for escaped prisoner Grant Hardin enters a fifth day, authorities pursuing the convicted murderer and rapist in ...
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5 days after Hardin escape, focus stays in north AR; reward bumps to $25K
Five days after convicted murderer and rapist Grant Hardin escaped a Calico Rock prison, the search remains centered on north ...
Bloodhounds hunting ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ fugitive are seen as key part of manhunt
Authorities say a bloodhound picked up Grant Hardin’s scent shortly after prison guards learned that he’d slipped past a gate ...
Who is Grant Hardin, the ex-police chief and killer on the run after prison escape?
A former Benton County prosecuting attorney who helped put Grant Hardin in prison said the crimes were "shocking." ...
Multiple possible sightings reported of escaped Arkansas prisoner Grant Hardin
Possible sightings have been reported out of Faulkner County, Arkansas, and Howell County, Missouri. CALICO ROCK, Ark. — Law ...
FBI increases reward for escapee known as the “Devil in the Ozarks”
Grant Hardin, 56, the former police chief in the small town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, was serving lengthy ...
What we know about the escape of a former police chief and convicted killer in Arkansas
Officials are scouring Arkansas’ rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer who escaped from ...
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Search continues for Grant Hardin four days after Izard County prison escape
The manhunt continues in Izard County for escapee Grant Hardin, a convicted rapist and murderer who walked out of the North ...
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Former Fayetteville Police sergeant remembers Hardin during training program
Mark Hanna, a former Fayetteville police sergeant, recalls Hardin being a "hothead" during his training program.
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What to know about 'Devil in the Ozarks' subject, convicted murderer who escaped prison
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.
Who is Grant Hardin, the ‘Devil in the Ozarks’?
The search continued this week for a former police chief in Arkansas who escaped prison, dubbed the “Devil in the Ozarks.” ...