Tennessee inmate convicted of murder escapes from prison, manhunt underway: Officials

A manhunt is underway for a Tennessee inmate serving a life sentence for murder after he escaped from prison. The Tennessee Department of Correction said that Jacob Allen Morley, 28, escaped the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee on Sunday. He was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in 2025 of murdering Cody Birchfield three years earlier. Prison staff discovered Morley was unaccounted for around 11:30 p.m. Sunday and immediately conducted an emergency count a