Grant Hardin had gained notoriety as the subject of the 2023 documentary “Devil in the Ozarks’’ about his 1997 rape of a school teacher and 2017 murder of a water department worker.

Grant Hardin, the former police chief known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," has been caught after nearly two weeks on the run. Hardin is serving a decadeslong sentence on rape and murder charges. He was caught less than two miles from the prison he escaped from,

Grant Hardin, the one-time Arkansas police chief who escaped from prison where he was serving sentences for murder and rape, has been recaptured, according to the Izard County Sheriff’s Office.