Hardin, 56, was in prison serving a decadeslong sentence for the 2017 murder of water department employee James Appleton in Gateway, Arkansas, and the 1997 rape of a school teacher in nearby Rogers.

Grant Hardin, former police chief of the small town of Gateway, Arkansas, who was convicted of murder, has been recaptured after his escape from prison on May 25.

Hardin became police chief of Gateway, a town of about 450 people, in 2016. Virtually overnight, people in the community described in the 2023 HBO documentary "Devil in the Ozarks" a dramatic shift.

Hardin pleaded guilty to the rape and was given a 25-year sentence in 2019. Hardin was the chief of police in Gateway for about four months in 2016, the Associated Press reported.

Hardin was arrested in February 2017 after James Appleton, a 59-year-old city employee for the Gateway, Arkansas, water department, was shot and killed in his white Chevy truck.

Grant Hardin, a 56-year-old inmate and former police chief, is on the run after escaping the North Central Unit in Calico Rock, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections (ADC).

Grant Hardin, the former police chief who was convicted of rape and murder, has been found after he escaped prison last month and was on the run for two weeks Hardin, also known as the “Devil in ...

Several law enforcement agencies across the state are assisting with the search for Hardin, whose crimes were featured in the 2023 Max documentary "Devil in the Ozarks." Grant Hardin.

Grant Hardin, a former Arkansas police chief and inmate, escaped the North Central Unit on May 25, according to officials. He's considered extremely dangerous.

Escaped Arkansas inmate Grant Hardin, known as “Devil in the Ozarks,” has been taking into custody, according to the Izard County Sheriff’s Office.