GOULD, Arkansas — On June 6, the nearly two-week long manhunt for escaped Arkansas prisoner Grant Hardin ended. Hardin had escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock on May 25 while serving sentences for murder and rape. He was found by Arkansas law enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol just over a mile from the prison.

“Hardin was taken into custody by Izard County authorities just a short distance from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock,” the Stone County Sheriff’s Office said via Facebook. “While many details will remain under investigation there is no longer an active threat to public safety.”

The ongoing search for Grant Hardin, 56, has sparked urgent warnings from local law enforcement, put residents of a small northwest Arkansas town on edge and reignited feelings of hurt and pain ...

Hardin escaped the North Central Unit in Calico Rock on Sunday, May 25, in broad daylight, according to ADC. His escape unsettled communities across the state due to his intense criminal history involving rape and murder. Hardin was also a former police chief and had an extensive background in law enforcement.

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.

Escaped inmate Grant Hardin was captured shortly after 3 p.m. on Friday, a mile and a half west of the North Central Unit where he was being held.

WE ARE ALSO FOLLOWING THIS BREAKING NEWS FOR THE IN THE SEARCH FOR ESCAPED MURDERER GRANT HARDIN. WE’VE JUST CONFIRMED U.S. BORDER PATROL AGENTS FROM TEXAS WILL SOON JOIN THE SEARCH IN ARKANSAS. RAND CHAMPION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS CONFIRMED THAT NEWS.

The Arkansas Department of Corrections released a rendering of what escaped inmate Grant Hardin may look like with facial hair, over a week after his escape.