Escaped Arkansas ex-police chief, convicted of rape and murder, sparks community fear
TL;DR
Grant Hardin, a convicted murderer and rapist known as the 'Devil in the Ozarks,' escaped from a medium-security Arkansas prison by impersonating a corrections officer, prompting a large-scale search in the rugged Ozark terrain. Authorities are using various methods to locate him, amid concerns from victims' families and the local community.
- Ex-police chief sentenced for rape and murder escaped prison disguised as prison guard NPR
- Former police chief, serving murder and rape sentences, escapes from Arkansas prison AP News
- 'He is just an evil man': A sister's grief and trauma reopened after Grant Hardin's escape KHBS
- Arkansas residents on edge after escape of ex-police chief ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ The Guardian
- How a controversial type of warrant helped convict a former Arkansas police chief of a decades-old rape CNN
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