Escaped Tennessee inmate recaptured near Kansas City
Crime · First reported 3 Nov, 18:01 · Updated 18:25
Jacob Allen Morley, serving a life sentence for murder, was taken into custody in Missouri on Tuesday, more than a week after escaping from a Tennessee prison. Authorities said a truck he allegedly stole was found abandoned in Illinois.
- Morley, 28, was captured near Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday, more than a week after he escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex on Oct. 25.
- He was serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing co-worker Cody Birchfield in 2022.
- Authorities said a truck Morley allegedly stole was found abandoned in Marion, Illinois.
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- Captured
- Tuesday, near Kansas City, Missouri.
- Escape date
- Oct. 25, from Northwest Correctional Complex in Tennessee.
- Age
- 28.
- Sentence
- Life in prison for the 2022 killing of co-worker Cody Birchfield.
- Truck
- A truck he allegedly stole was found abandoned in Marion, Illinois.
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