Escaped Tennessee Inmate Recaptured in Missouri After Week-Long Manhunt
Jacob Morley, a Tennessee inmate serving a life sentence for murder, was recaptured in Missouri on Tuesday after escaping from prison over a week ago. Morley, 28, had escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tennessee on October 25 by slipping through a fence. He then stole a truck from a nearby farm, which he later abandoned in Marion, Illinois. The Missouri State Highway Patrol received information that Morley might be traveling west on Interstate 70. Authorities used automated license plate readers and undercover officers to locate his vehicle on a state highway in western Missouri. A Kansas City police helicopter tracked the vehicle into Carroll County, where it eventually got stuck off the road. Troopers apprehended Morley without incident around noon near Kansas City, Missouri, ending the extensive search.
