Hardin

Hardin escaped from prison on 25 May by "wearing a makeshift outfit designed to mimic law enforcement", according to officials.

Officers encountered Hardin after tracking dogs picked up his scent near Moccasin Creek in Izard County, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

Hardin pleaded guilty to first-degree murder after fatally shooting 59-year-old James Appleton in 2017.

Before becoming Gateway's police chief, Hardin served as an officer at the Eureka Springs Police Department.

Grant Hardin was chief of police in Gateway, Arkansas - a small town of a few hundred residents on the state's border with Missouri - for around four months in 2016, according to the Associated Press.