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Missouri State Highway Patrol captures convicted murderer who escaped Tennessee prison
Fox News ^ | November 3, 2026 | Michael Ruiz

Posted on 11/03/2026 2:56:12 PM PST by george76

Jacob Allen Morley broke out of the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville on Oct. 25

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Missouri state troopers have captured an escaped convict who broke free from a Tennessee prison last week

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Jacob Allen Morley broke out of the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, on Oct. 25, officials said previously. He was serving a life prison sentence for murder.

After his escape, he allegedly stole a truck... As state troopers closed in on him, they say he tried to veer off the road and got stuck.

He was arrested without further incident about two hours after police first caught wind of his possible location, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

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Morley was arrested in 2022 in connection with the murder of a man named Cody Birchfield. Police had initially arrested Morley near the border with North Carolina and later found Birchfield's body under Morley's home. In 2025, he was convicted at the end of a trial that included his ex-girlfriend testifying that, "he f---ing killed him."

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1 posted on 11/03/2026 2:56:12 PM PST by george76
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To: george76
They buried the lede:

"On November 3, 2026, at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Patrol’s Missouri Information Analysis Center and Troop A Communications received information from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation that Morley may be traveling westbound on Interstate 70 near Independen>"ce," the Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a statement. The suspect vehicle was located using FLOCK cameras, and officers began to deploy to the area. With additional use of FLOCK cameras, the suspect vehicle was located by undercover officers traveling south on Missouri 291 in Liberty."

2 posted on 11/03/2026 3:10:30 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The EU is the old Soviet Union dressed in Western clothes." --Mikhail Gorbachev)
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3 posted on 11/03/2026 3:45:15 PM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: george76

But, did he get then chance to vote Democrat before returning?


4 posted on 11/03/2026 4:08:17 PM PST by Eastern Shore Virginian (Yea, I sometimes gild the lily.)
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To: Libloather

He doesn’t look like it, but believe me, this guy
is Bad To The Bone!


5 posted on 11/03/2026 4:18:28 PM PST by lee martell
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To: lee martell

Awwwww, and he used to be so very styyyyylish....................


6 posted on 11/03/2026 4:40:08 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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To: george76

My daughter and I saw that prison on a trip to Reelfoot Lake.

I told her she better behave or she’d wind up there.


7 posted on 11/03/2026 4:42:10 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: dfwgator

They’ve got SCMODS


8 posted on 11/03/2026 5:17:16 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: george76

He “Almost Got Away With It.”


9 posted on 11/03/2026 8:07:49 PM PST by Signalman (When your enemy is digging himself a hole, don't take away his shovel.)
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