A former Arkansas police chief was serving a decades-long sentence for a brutal rape and murder when he escaped from a Calico Rock prison Sunday by disguising himself in a "makeshift" law enforcement uniform,

CALICO ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Officials scoured Arkansas’ rugged Ozark Mountains for a former police chief and convicted killer who escaped from prison over the weekend. Grant Hardin, who briefly served as police chief for the small town of Gateway near the Arkansas-Missouri border, was serving a decades-long sentence for murder and rape.