Escaped inmate captured after over a week on the run

An escaped fugitive who has been on the run for more than a week after escaping prison, has been recaptured. 

What we know:

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Jacob Morley was apprehended nearly 500 miles away in Missouri, near Kansas City. 

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Jacob Allen Morley, 28, was serving a life sentence for the 2022 murder of Cody Birchfield when he escaped from a Tennessee prison Sunday, according to correction officials. (Tennessee Department of Correction)

The backstory:

Morley, 28, was serving a life sentence at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tennessee for killing a co-worker four years ago. He escaped on Oct. 25, after slipping through a fence on the perimeter of the prison. 

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He was later spotted in a stolen truck that was recovered about 120 miles away in Illinois. 

What they’re saying:

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation posted the update to social media, thanking their law enforcement partners for helping bring the search to a successful conclusion.