A convicted murderer who escaped from prison is still on the run more than a week after he went missing. Jacob Morley, 28, was serving a life sentence for the 2022 murder of his coworker, Cody Birchfield, 34, when he escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, on October 25. He was only sentenced to life in prison in June of last year.
Surveillance footage captured after Morley escaped shows him stealing a pickup truck, which was later recovered in Illinois. Authorities have also investigated a possible connection to an armed bank robbery in Wisconsin, although no link has been established. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) has identified Marion, Illinois, where the stolen truck was found, as Morley's last confirmed location.
Authorities are offering a $17,500 reward for information leading to his arrest. If you have information about Morley's whereabouts, you can contact the TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND. Anyone who sees him should call 911 and avoid approaching him.
Sunday, October 25, 11.30 p.m.—Morley discovered missing Staff at the Northwest Correctional Complex discovered Morley was missing, and started an emergency inmate count and search of the prison, according to the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC). A review of security footage confirmed that Morley had breached the prison's perimeter fence and left the facility while still wearing his prison uniform. Monday, October 26, 1 a.m.—Morley steals pickup truck Surveillance footage captured Morley stealing a white 2008 Ford F-350 from a lot near Tiptonville, around two miles from the prison.
The truck, which has Tennessee license plate 138BBQV, had markings for Lindamood Planting Company. The TBI released footage of the theft as investigators appealed for information about Morley's whereabouts. Monday, October 26, 1.18am—Stolen truck spotted in Hornbeak and Troy Security cameras at the Hornbeak Fire Department in western Tennessee recorded the stolen truck passing through the area.
The fire department later reported that the truck had also been spotted in the nearby city of Troy. Tuesday, October 27—Stolen truck recovered in Illinois Police found the stolen Ford F-350 abandoned behind a shopping center in Marion, Illinois, 120 miles north of the prison. Surveillance footage showed the truck being parked behind the shopping center before police recovered it.
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