Crime & Justice
Escaped Tennessee murderer captured in Missouri after week-long manhunt
November 4, 2026 at 02:56 AM
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BNBBC News
Killer who escaped Tennessee prison captured after week-long manhunt
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TGThe Guardian
Convicted murderer who escaped from Tennessee prison captured in Missouri
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Convicted murderer who escaped through Tennessee prison fence is captured, officials say
(opens the publisher’s site)A convicted murderer who escaped a Tennessee prison has been captured in Missouri after a week-long, multi-state manhunt.
- Morley escaped from Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville on October 25, breaching the fence and stealing a farm vehicle.
- Missouri State Highway Patrol officers apprehended Morley without incident in Carroll County on November 3, recovering three previously stolen firearms from the vehicle.
- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said a tip indicated Morley was hiding on an Illinois property, and license-plate readers tracked his truck through Missouri.
- Morley was serving a life sentence for the 2022 first-degree murder of colleague Cody Birchfield, whose body was found under his home.