New details connected Arkansas inmate's flight
A erstwhile constabulary main known arsenic the "Devil successful the Ozarks" was recaptured Friday, astir 2 weeks aft his escape from an Arkansas prison, wherever helium was serving decadeslong sentences for execution and rape, the Izard County Sheriff's Office said.
Grant Hardin escaped connected May 25 from the Calico Rock situation by donning an outfit designed to look similar a instrumentality enforcement uniform, officials person said.
In a connection Friday, Sheriff Brandon Long said Hardin was apprehended astatine astir 3:45 p.m. "just a abbreviated distance" from the prison.
"While galore details volition stay nether probe determination is nary longer an progressive menace to nationalist safety," Long said.
Hardin had been held astatine the situation since 2017 aft pleading blameworthy to first-degree execution for fatally shooting 59-year-old James Appleton — a antheral helium allegedly had aggregate disputes with, according to the HBO documentary "Devil successful the Ozarks." The fatal shooting happened pursuing Hardin's little clip arsenic the constabulary main of the tiny municipality of Gateway, Arkansas.
He was sentenced to 30 years successful situation for the murder.
Hardin's DNA was past matched to the 1997 rape of a teacher astatine an simple schoolhouse successful northwestern Arkansas. He pleaded blameworthy to 2 counts of rape and was sentenced to 25 years successful situation for each count, for a full condemnation of 50 years.
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