Convicted murderer who escaped from Tennessee prison captured in Missouri
Jacob Morley, serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker, slipped through a prison fence last week A man convicted of murder who escaped from a…
Jacob Morley, serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker, slipped through a prison fence last week A man convicted of murder who escaped from a Tennessee prison was recaptured on Tuesday in Missouri 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 outside Kansas City, Missouri, before midday by the state highway patrol. The Guardian was first to report the story.
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