A former police chief who was convicted of rape and homicide escaped from the jail the place he was serving a 30-year sentence on Sunday, correction officers mentioned.
Grant Hardin had been at North Central Unit, a jail situated in Calico Rock, Arkansas, since 2017. He escaped round 3:40 p.m., the Arkansas Division of Corrections mentioned in a social media put up.
“Anyone with information about inmate Hardin’s whereabouts should contact local law enforcement immediately,” the put up learn.
Based on CBS affiliate KFSM-TV, the Stone County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned Hardin was seen leaving the jail in an Arkansas Division of Corrections uniform.
Photographs of Grant Hardin supplied by the Arkansas Division of Corrections.
Arkansas Division of Corrections
Hardin was the previous police chief for town of Gateway, Arkansas, a small city with just some hundred residents.
Hardin pleaded responsible in October 2017 to first-degree homicide in reference to the capturing demise of 59-year-old James Appleton. Based on an affidavit filed within the case, Appleton labored for the Gateway water division and was speaking to his brother-in-law, then-Gateway Mayor Andrew Tillman, when he was shot within the head on Feb. 23, 2017, close to Garfield. Police discovered Appleton’s physique inside a automotive.
Hardin can also be serving 50 years in jail for the 1997 rape of an elementary college instructor in Rogers, north of Fayetteville.
KFSM reported in 2019 that police in 2003 used DNA samples from the rape sufferer’s garments to use for a “John Doe” warrant because the statute of limitations was near expiring. Investigators ultimately bought a match after Hardin was imprisoned for Appleton’s killing.
Hardin pleaded responsible to 2 counts of rape and was given 25 years for every depend, KFSM reported.
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