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 convicted killer and ex-police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks," was captured in Arkansas after escaping prison nearly two weeks ago.