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Escaped Tennessee inmate convicted of co-worker's murder is recaptured, officials say

Katherine Langford
Editor-in-Chief · Tuesday, November 3, 2026 at 8:21 PM · 1 min read
Escaped Tennessee inmate convicted of co-worker's murder is recaptured, officials say — Delray Beach Government news

A man convicted of murder who escaped from a Tennessee prison was recaptured on Tuesday in Missouri after troopers used roadside cameras and a helicopter to track him down 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 at around noon near Kansas City, Missouri, officials said.The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it learned Tuesday morning that Morley was possibly traveling west on Interstate 70. The vehicle was located using automated license plate readers and undercover officers traveling on a state highway in western Missouri.A Kansas City police helicopter also followed the vehicle, which made it into Carroll County, a small county in northwest Missouri, before it traveled off the road, getting stuck.Troopers took Morley into custody without incident ending a weeklong hunt.Morley, 28, escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tennessee’s far northwestern corner on Oc

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