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Escape of ex-police chief known as ’Devil in the Ozarks’ has Arkansas residents on edge

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

Hardin escaped Sunday from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock by disguising himself and wearing a “makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement,” state prison officials said.

“I don’t think he will be taken alive,’s sister says.

Sheriff's deputies in multiple northern Arkansas counties have been working with state officials to follow leads.

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