Overview

• Video footage shows Grant Hardin donning a makeshift corrections-style uniform and walking through an opened sally port around 2:55 p.m. on Sunday while pushing a cart.
• Hardin was serving a combined 80-year sentence for the 2017 murder of James Appleton and the 1997 rape of a Rogers elementary school teacher when he walked free.
• The Arkansas Department of Corrections is leading a multiagency manhunt alongside U.S. Marshals, state police and local sheriffs using drones, helicopters and K-9 units.
• Officials say heavy rain and the rugged, rocky terrain of northern Arkansas have slowed tracking dogs and grounded aerial searches.
• Residents near Calico Rock and Gateway have been urged to lock doors, stay vigilant and report any suspicious activity as anxiety mounts among victims’ families.