A manhunt is underway in Arkansas after a former police chief escaped from a prison in Calico Rock on Sunday afternoon.
Grant Hardin, the former chief of police in the town of Gateway, was serving a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted on rape and murder charges.
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WATCH HEREHe was discovered missing from his prison cell around 3:40 p.m. Sunday, according to a statement from the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
The Stone County Sheriff's Office said Hardin is "considered extremely dangerous and should not be approached."
A still image from a security camera shows Hardin wearing a makeshift Department of Corrections uniform when he escaped.
Hardin had been incarcerated since 2017 after pleading guilty to two crimes including the 2017 murder of a city water employee, and the 1997 rape of a teacher inside an elementary school.
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The latter was considered a cold case before DNA evidence linked him to the assault years later.
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SIGN UP He eventually pleaded guilty to both charges.
In total, Hardin was sentenced to 80 years in prison.
