Cheryl Tillman, mayor of Gateway, Arkansas, and sister of James Appleton, who was fatally shot in 2017, works on her laptop Wednesday. Grant Hardin, who briefly served as police chief, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. AP

There are plenty of hideouts in the rugged terrain of the Ozark Mountains, from abandoned cabins to campsites in the vast forests where searchers are hunting for a convicted former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks.”

Others are not only off the grid but beneath it, in the hundreds of caves that lead to vast subterranean spaces.

Local, state and federal law enforcement have continued to scour the region around the prison throughout the third day of the search.

“Until we have credible evidence that he is not in the area, we assume that he’s probably

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