Hardin, a 56-year-old former police chief, escaped from the North Central Unit in Calico Rock, Arkansas, May 25, where he was serving time for the 2017 murder of James Appleton and the 1997 rape of a school teacher, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections.

An updated photo of fugitive ex-police chief Grant Hardin was released as authorities intensify their search in Arkansas following his escape from a medium-security prison last month.