Grant Hardin, a former police chief known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," was captured Friday by Arkansas law enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol nearly two weeks after escaping prison where he was serving time for murder and rape.

Recent "high water" had limited visibility of law enforcement officers and hampered tracking efforts by a bloodhound in the area where Hardin was hiding, the Arkansas Department of Corrections said in a series of updates over the past week.

Newsweek has reached out to the Arkansas Department of Corrections, U.S. Border Patrol, and U. S. Attorney's Office Eastern District of Arkansas for comment via email on Saturday.

Why It Matters

Since 2017, Hardin, 56, has been held in a Calico Rock prison, following decades-long sentences for the murder of James Appleton a

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