A former police chief and convicted killer known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was captured 1.5 miles northwest of the prison grounds by law enforcement official after he escaped from a prison , triggering a massive manhunt in the mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities announced on Friday.

Grant Hardin’s identity was confirmed through finger printing, the Izard County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.

Killer Grant Hardin, seen in an actual photograph at left and artist’s rendering at right, has been recaptured after nearly two weeks on the run. AP

Police picked Hardin up a mere 1.5 miles from the prison he escaped from. AP

Hardin, the former police chief in the small town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape

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