Corrections officials say two Arkansas prison employees errantly helped Grant Hardin, the former police chief convicted of murder and rape, escape from a prison in May. A kitchen supervisor, who ...

Grant Hardin, a 56-year-old murderer and rapist, was captured on June 6, approximately 1.5 miles north-northwest of the North Central Unit prison facility from which he escaped on May 25, the ...

Hardin, known as the “Devil in the Ozarks,” is a former police chief who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a man. While serving time for that crime, his DNA connected him to a rape case and ...

Two employees at an Arkansas prison where an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped have been fired for policy violations, corrections officials said Thursday as they faced ...

In 2017, he pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a man in Arkansas and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. While in prison, Mr. Hardin’s DNA was tied to an unsolved rape case.

Two employees at an Arkansas prison where an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” escaped have been fired for policy violations, corrections officials said Thursday as they faced ...

Hardin was captured 12 days later, hiding in the woods just a few miles from the prison. During a meeting on June 10, the Arkansas Board of Corrections called for an investigation into the escape.

Hardin, a former police chief, was serving a sentence for murder and rape before he escaped from the prison on May 25. He was recaptured two weeks later on June 6, less than 1.5 miles from the prison.

In 2019, Hardin pleaded guilty and was sentenced to concurrent 25-year prison terms on two charges after a DNA test matched him to the unsolved rape of an elementary school teacher in 1997 in ...

In 2019, Hardin pleaded guilty and was sentenced to concurrent 25-year prison terms on two charges after a DNA test matched him to the unsolved rape of an elementary school teacher in 1997 in Rogers.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Multiple state prison officials are set to testify in front of a legislative subcommittee about the escape of convicted murderer and rapist Grant Hardin from the North ...