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Tennessee lifer Jacob Morley escapes prison, steals truck near Tiptonville

A man serving life for murder slipped through a fence Sunday night and drove off in a stolen vehicle from a nearby farm.

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What to know

  • Jacob Morley, 28, serving a life sentence for a 2022 murder, escaped from Northwest Correctional Complex near Tiptonville, Tennessee late Sunday and stole a truck from a nearby farm.
  • Surveillance video shows Morley opening an unlocked truck at 1 a.m. Monday and driving off; the vehicle was spotted 15 minutes later near Hornbeak, 12 miles away.
  • As of Tuesday, Morley remained at large. Prison officials offered a $2,500 reward for his arrest and law enforcement continues searching.
  • Morley had been convicted of first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, tampering with evidence, vandalism, and evading arrest after killing co-worker Cody Birchfield, whose body was found in a box under Morley's home.

“Morley is serving a life sentence for killing co-worker Cody Birchfield in 2022. Birchfield's body was found in a box under Morley's home after he had been missing for a few weeks.”

Authorities · Philadelphia Inquirer / AP ↗

Jacob Morley Escaped inmateNorthwest Correctional Complex Prison facilityTennessee Bureau of Investigation Law enforcement agency

Tennessee lifer Jacob Morley escapes prison, steals truck near Tiptonville
Philadelphia Inquirer

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    Morley remains at large; authorities issue reward

    As of Tuesday, Morley remained free. Prison officials offered a $2,500 reward for his arrest. Law enforcement agencies have searched buildings and structures near the prison, which sits about 90 miles north of Memphis in flat farmland near the Mississippi River.

    “Jacob Morley, who was serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker four years ago, was found to be missing from the Northwest Correctional Complex late on Sunday.”
    — Tennessee authorities · source
  2. background

    Truck spotted near Hornbeak fire station 15 minutes after theft — Firefighters in Hornbeak, about 12 miles east of the farm, confirmed their cameras captured footage of the truck driving by their station approximately 15 minutes after the vehicle was stolen.

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    Morley steals truck from farm near Tiptonville — Surveillance video from a farm about 2 miles from the prison, near Tiptonville, shows Morley opening an unlocked truck's driver's side door and driving off around 1 a.m. Monday. He had slipped through a prison fence in his prison clothes.

  4. background

    Morley found missing from Northwest Correctional Complex — Jacob Morley, serving a life sentence for murder, was discovered missing from Northwest Correctional Complex late Sunday. The 28-year-old had killed co-worker Cody Birchfield in 2022; Birchfield's body was found in a box under Morley's home.

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