1 week ago Recaptured prison escapee ’Devil in the Ozarks’ sent to SuperMax prison

Convicted killer and recaptured prison escapee Grant Hardin, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” has been transferred to the Varner SuperMax prison southeast of Little Rock, Arkansas prison authorities announced Saturday. After a nearly two-week-long search in the rugged mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities recaptured Hardin on Friday 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) northwest of […]

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1 week ago ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ who escaped from Arkansas jail captured

A former police chief and convicted killer known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was captured by law enforcement 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometres) northwest of the prison he escaped from following a massive manhunt in the mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities announced on Friday. Grant Hardin’s identity was confirmed through fingerprinting, the Izard County Sheriff’s […]

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2 w. ago Arkansas authorities release photo rendering of ’Devil in the Ozarks’ as manhunt continues

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas authorities on Tuesday released a photo rendering of a convicted murderer and former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks ” as the search for the escaped inmate entered its second week. The Arkansas Department of Corrections said the photo rendering of Grant Hardin, 56, depicts how he […]

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2 w. ago Bloodhounds hunting ’Devil in the Ozarks’ fugitive are seen as key part of manhunt

A bloodhound picked up the scent shortly after the ” Devil in the Ozarks ” escaped from a lockup in northern Arkansas. The hound didn’t have to go far to begin the hunt — it lives at the prison as part of a specialized unit that uses man’s best friend to help track fugitives. Although […]

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2 w. ago ‘Devil in the Ozarks’: Police scour caves, hideouts for rapist, murderer ex

Grant Hardin, a former police chief, escaped a prison wearing a contraband, fake guard uniform.

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3 w. ago Did kitchen job play role in ’Devil in the Ozarks’ prison escape?

Arkansas authorities are looking at whether a job in the prison kitchen played a role in the escape of a convicted former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks.” Grant Hardin, 56, was housed in a maximum-security wing of the Calico Rock prison from which he escaped on Sunday by donning an outfit […]

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3 w. ago ’Devil in the Ozarks’ hunt: Caves and other mountain hideouts searched

Grant Hardin, 56, who was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape, escaped Sunday

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3 w. ago Former police chief, convicted of rape and murder, escapes Arkansas prison

Grant Hardin, the former police chief of the tiny town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, had been held in the prison since 2017.

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