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Authorities search caves for fugitive known as "Devil in the Ozarks"

Posted on 6/4/25 at 9:28 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 9:28 pm
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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 still in the area,” Rand Champion, a spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Corrections, said at a press conference Wednesday.




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Hardin pleaded guilty in 2017 to first-degree murder for the killing of James Appleton, 59. Appleton, who was Tillman’s brother, worked for the Gateway water department when he was shot in the head on Feb. 23, 2017, near Garfield. Police found Appleton’s body inside a car. Hardin was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

He was also serving 50 years for the 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher in Rogers, north of Fayetteville.

He had been held in the Calico Rock prison since 2017.




There's a $25k reward. Get after it, OT bounty hunters

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Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 9:30 pm to
baw is gonna be stackin bodies
Posted by Tyga Woods
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 9:33 pm to
quote:

Devil in the Ozarks

Posted by Usual Suspect
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 9:38 pm to
The documentary about him is on Prime I believe. Came out in 2023
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 9:40 pm to
Posted by dinner roll
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 10:15 pm to
Posted by Twenty 49
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 10:20 pm to
quote:

The documentary about him is on Prime I believe


Max (HBO)
Posted by Havoc
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 10:22 pm to
Injun Joe.
Posted by Usual Suspect
Living rent free
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 10:25 pm to
Ah ok. I watched it when it came out. Thanks
Posted by TankBoys32
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 10:29 pm to
Sounds like some True Detective type shite
Posted by CaptSpaulding
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 10:43 pm to
Have they checked the French Quarter?
Posted by McLemore
Member since Dec 2003
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Posted on 6/4/25 at 11:03 pm to
Hijack: Hard to believe how young Gram was when he was imposing himself on the rock and country scenes. 26 when he died. (Younger than Cobain and Hoon.)

Double hijack: My dad used to play guitar with some of the International Submarine Band / Flying Burrito Brothers et al. above the Peavey’s Melody Music Co. in Meridian (incl Chris Ethridge and Paul Davis).
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
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Posted on 6/5/25 at 7:27 am to
Posted by LSUGrrrl
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Member since Jul 2007
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Posted on 6/5/25 at 8:12 am to
I didn’t know that was the guy they were looking for. Would be a shame if he didn’t make it before they found him.
Posted by Red Drum
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Posted on 6/5/25 at 9:26 am to
Reminds me of The Outsider with Jason Bateman on Netflix
Posted by Kcrad
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Posted on 6/5/25 at 9:31 am to
I bet he's hanging out with Shane Gillis.
Posted by nes2010
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Posted on 6/5/25 at 9:46 am to
I wonder who helped him escape.
Posted by Nado Jenkins83
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Posted on 6/5/25 at 10:14 am to
He made a fake guard outfit. Did he just walk out?
Posted by reggierayreb
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Posted on 6/5/25 at 10:42 am to
Welp

There goes my trip to Sugarloaf Mountain
Posted by Maytheporkbewithyou
Member since Aug 2016
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Posted on 6/5/25 at 10:46 am to
I went through there last weekend and they had checkpoints set up all over. A female guard actually shook my suitcase to make sure he wasn't in it. Dude is over 6ft and 250lbs. Not sure why she though he might be in my suitcase.
This post was edited on 6/5/25 at 11:57 am
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