It’s been one week since former police chief, Grant Hardin, escaped from the North Central unit in Calico Rock—where he was serving time for two violent crimes: the 1997 rape of a Rogers teacher and the 2017 murder of a Gateway city employee.

Cold-blooded Grant Hardin outwitted America's top lawmen for over two weeks after escaping from prison after he disguised himself in a "makeshift" law enforcement uniform

Grant Hardin had gained notoriety as the subject of the 2023 documentary “Devil in the Ozarks’’ about his 1997 rape of a school teacher and 2017 murder of a water department worker.