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Cheryl Tillman, whose brother James Appleton was killed by Hardin in 2017, said she and other relatives are alarmed by Hardin's escape since they were witnesses in his court proceedings.
The FBI announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to Hardin's arrest. The prison escape comes as authorities in Louisiana are also searching for escaped inmates.
CALICO ROCK, Ark. — Officials scoured Arkansas’ rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer who escaped from prison over the weekend. Grant Hardin, who briefly served ...
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.
CALICO ROCK, Ark. — Former police chief and convicted killer and rapist Grant Hardin escaped from a prison in northern Arkansas on Sunday afternoon. Here's what we know right now: ...
On May 25, a convicted murderer and former police chief escaped the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock, Arkansas. Grant Hardin, 56, was convicted of first degree murder and two counts rape ...
A job in a prison kitchen apparently helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief serving time for murder and rape, plot his escape by fashioning a makeshift police uniform, Arkansas prison ...
Cheryl Tillman, whose brother James Appleton was killed by Hardin in 2017, said she and other relatives are alarmed by Hardin’s escape since they were witnesses in his court proceedings.