Grant Hardin had gained notoriety as the subject of the 2023 documentary “Devil in the Ozarks’’ about his 1997 rape of a school teacher and 2017 murder of a water department worker.

After a nearly two-week-long search in the rugged mountains of northern Arkansas, authorities recaptured Hardin on Friday 1.5 miles northwest of the prison.

Grant Hardin, a former police chief known as the "Devil in the Ozarks," was captured Friday by Arkansas law enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol nearly two weeks after escaping prison where he was serving time for murder and rape.