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Published November 3, 2026 1:04 PM CST
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Fugitive Jacob Allen Morley is in custody near Kansas City, Missouri. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
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.
RELATED: Hunt continues for escaped inmate after stolen truck found
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.
The Source: This story was written with information provided by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and The Associated Press. This story was reported from Orlando.
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