Escaped Murderer Highlights Security Gaps in State Prisons
A convicted killer slipped past a fence at a Tennessee prison last week, but was quickly recaptured by Missouri authorities.
Jacob Morley, a convicted murderer serving a life sentence at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tennessee, escaped last week by slipping through a fence on the prison property.
He was later found near Kansas City, Missouri, where state troopers and the Missouri State Highway Patrol tracked and recaptured him.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed Tuesday that Morley is now back in custody.
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Tennessee escaped murderer caught near Kansas City
Tennessee escaped murderer Jacob Morley has been caught near Kansas City, Missouri.
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Jacob Allen Morley, the convicted murderer who escaped from a Tennessee prison, is in custody, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday.
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Missouri State Highway Patrol recaptures convicted murderer who escaped Tennessee prison
Jacob Allen Morley broke out of the Northwest Correctional Complex last week before Missouri state troopers tracked down the escaped murderer.
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Tennessee murderer captured over a week after escaping prison
Jacob Morley was serving a life sentence at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tennessee when he escaped by slipping through a fence on the property.
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Convicted murderer who escaped from Tennessee prison captured in Missouri
Jacob Morley, serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker, slipped through a prison fence last week A man convicted of murder who escaped from a Tennessee prison was recaptured on Tuesday in Missouri after more than a week on the run, authorities said. Jacob Morley, who was serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker four years ago, was apprehended outside Kansas City, Missouri, before midday by the state highway patrol. Continue reading...
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- Jacob Morley is a convicted murderer who escaped from a Tennessee prison.
- Jacob Morley was serving a life sentence at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tennessee.
- Jacob Morley escaped by slipping through a fence on the prison property.
- Jacob Morley broke out of the Northwest Correctional Complex last week, according to Fox News.
- Jacob Morley was caught near Kansas City, Missouri.
- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday that Jacob Morley is in custody.
- Missouri state troopers tracked down Jacob Morley, according to Fox News.
- The Missouri State Highway Patrol recaptured Jacob Morley, according to Fox News.
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