As the search for escaped prisoner Grant Hardin enters a fifth day, authorities pursuing the convicted murderer and rapist in northern Arkansas face various challenges from the landscape that could give Hardin an advantage in eluding capture.

It took barely more than 24 hours for the FBI to double its reward for information leading to the capture of an escaped Arkansas prison inmate.

Authorities say a bloodhound picked up Grant Hardin’s scent shortly after prison guards learned that he’d slipped past a gate.

The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the fugitive known as "The Devil in the Ozarks," Grant Hardin.

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.

Dave Canterbury said the weather could significantly influence whether the "Devil in the Ozarks" might soon give up.

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.