‘Devil in the Ozarks’ used Sharpie, kitchen aprons and empty food can to craft disguise for escape

A convicted murderer and rapist who broke out of an Arkansas prison over the summer had planned his escape for six months, quietly collecting items while working in the kitchen and stashing them in areas rarely checked by staff. The Arkansas Department of Corrections' critical incident review committee detailed Grant Hardin’s elaborate escape in a report released two months after he was captured in the woods about 1.5 miles from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock.