LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — It’s been over a week since the man dubbed the "Devil of the Ozarks" escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock.

Former Gateway Police Chief Grant Hardin is still on the run from authorities, and police are using a new method to find him.

Police are using data from cell phones to see if there are any leads that could put them on the trail of the convicted murder and rapist.

We are in the digital era and unlike times of the past, law enforcement can use the data from our phones in their investigations — whether that be for evidence or for information that can lead to an arrest. In the search for Hardin, the data that is pinged to cell towers could unveil new information for law enforcement.

“I can show who, obviously, who you talk to, where you went, when you

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