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Escaped Tennessee inmate Jacob Morley recaptured in Missouri after 9 days

Murder convict was apprehended outside Kansas City using automated license plate readers after escaping Oct. 25.

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What to know

  • Jacob Morley, serving a life sentence for murdering co-worker Cody Birchfield in 2022, escaped Northwest Correctional Complex on Oct. 25 by cutting through a fence.
  • After nine days on the run spanning Tennessee, Illinois, and Missouri, Morley was recaptured Tuesday outside Kansas City using automated license plate readers.
  • Northwest Correctional Complex has faced scrutiny for violent incidents; a grand jury indicted multiple parties in July for five inmate killings and other violent acts.

“State and county officials didn't provide many details on how they found him, saying only that automated license plate readers showed he was traveling through the state.”

State and county officials, Law enforcement · Philadelphia Inquirer ↗

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Escaped Tennessee inmate Jacob Morley recaptured in Missouri after 9 days
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    Morley apprehended outside Kansas City — Jacob Morley was apprehended outside of Kansas City, Missouri before midday by the state highway patrol. Authorities found him using automated license plate readers that showed he was traveling through the state.

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    Stolen truck abandoned in Illinois — Morley abandoned the stolen truck last week in Marion, Illinois, approximately 120 miles north of the prison.

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    Jacob Morley escapes Tennessee prison — Morley, 28, escaped from Northwest Correctional Complex in Tennessee's far northwestern corner after slipping through a fence in his prison clothes. Surveillance video later showed him stealing a truck from a farm near the prison.