Overview

• Hardin was serving an 80-year sentence for murder and rape when he impersonated a corrections officer and walked through a secure gate to escape the North Central Unit on May 25.
• The FBI and U.S. Marshals have raised the reward for information leading to his arrest to a combined $25,000.
• A new photo rendering released by the Arkansas Department of Corrections shows Hardin with facial hair and a slimmer appearance.
• Arkansas State Police used warrants to collect cellphone records from multiple carriers around Calico Rock between May 24 and 29 to identify potential movements.
• Officials are probing whether Hardin’s prison kitchen job provided materials for his disguise and are concentrating search operations in the Ozark Mountains.