The « Devil in the Ozarks » killer Grant Hardin spent months biding his time and collecting supplies to prepare for his whirlwind escape from an Arkansas prison in late May that sparked a two-week manhunt, according to an internal review by prison officials released Friday.
The “Devil in the Ozarks” killer spent months biding his time and collecting supplies to prepare for his whirlwind escape from an Arkansas prison in late May that sparked a two-week manhunt, according to an internal review by prison officials released Friday.
Grant Hardin, a 56-year-old ex-cop, is back behind bars, continuing the rest of his hefty 80-year sentence for murder, rape and kidnapping after authorities apprehended him just two miles away from the prison after he spent two weeks on the lam.
Hardin successfully escaped from the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock on May 25, by impersonating a prison guard. He wore a shoddy, homemade police uniform he scraped together using tools he collected during his work detail in the jailhouse’s prison, according to the prison probe.
The escapee told authorities he spent six grueling months taking splices of what he needed from the kitchen, including used markers and even laundry left strewn about, according to the review.
