Arkansas, Calico Rock prison
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Law enforcement agencies have begun reporting possible sightings of escaped Arkansas prisoner Grant Hardin as the manhunt now enters its fifth day. Hardin, who was serving time in the North Central Unit in Calico Rock related to rape and murder convictions,
Law enforcement officials are searching for a former police chief who escaped Sunday afternoon from the North Central Unit prison in Calico Rock, according to an Arkansas State Police press release.
The Howell County Sheriff’s Office in Missouri received a report of a suspicious person in the Moody/Bakersfield area who was believed to resemble a male prisoner recently escaped from Calico Rock, Arkansas.
Convicted murderer Grant Hardin escaped from a Calico Rock, Arkansas, prison on May 25, 2025. Hardin was serving time for the 2017 murder of James Appleton and the 1997 rape of a teacher.