Manhunt under way in Tennessee after convicted murderer escapes prison

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Yang, M. (2026, October 26). Manhunt under way in Tennessee after convicted murderer escapes prison. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/jacob-morley-murderer-tennessee-manhunt

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📰 Manhunt For Escaped Convicted Murderer
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Topics

New Orleans TDOC Tennessee Tiptonville WATE

Subjects

Morley PERSON · 8× TDOC ORG · 5× Tennessee GPE · 3× Birchfield PERSON · 1× Cody Birchfield PERSON · 1× Jacob Morley PERSON · 1× New Orleans GPE · 1× Tiptonville GPE · 1× WATE ORG · 1×

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After staff conducted an emergency headcount, prison surveillance footage showed Morley breached the perimeter fence and escaped the prison in his TDOC uniform, the local news outlet WATE reported.
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2026-10-26 · The Guardian
Manhunt under way in Tennessee after convicted murderer escapes prison · assertive framing

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Tennessee officials have mounted a manhunt after a convicted murderer’s escape from a state prison on Sunday evening. asserted
officials → mount → evening
The Tennessee department or correction (TDOC) on Monday announced that Jacob Morley, 28, escaped from the Northwest correctional complex in the community of Tiptonville. asserted
Morley → announce → Tiptonville
Local outlets reported that staff noticed Morley was unaccounted for at about 11.30pm on Sunday. asserted
Morley → report → Sunday
After staff conducted an emergency headcount, prison surveillance footage showed Morley breached the perimeter fence and escaped the prison in his TDOC uniform, the local news outlet WATE reported. asserted
outlet → conduct → uniform
TDOC describes Morley as being 5ft 11in and 240lbs with green eyes and brown hair. asserted
TDOC → describe → eyes
Morley was serving a sentence of life imprisonment for the 2022 murder of Cody Birchfield, a Tennessee man who was initially reported missing in February 2022. asserted
who → serve → February
Birchfield’s body was discovered buried beneath Morley’s home about a month later. asserted
body → discover → home
Morley was also convicted of aggravated burglary, evidence tampering, evading arrest and vandalism. asserted
Morley → convict → arrest
“Do not attempt to apprehend this fugitive,” TDOC said in a statement, adding that any information on Morley’s whereabouts should be reported to TDOC at (844) 832-3463. asserted
information → attempt → 3463
Morley’s escape comes more than a year after manhunt was launched after the escape of 10 detainees from a New Orleans jail in what was one of the largest such breakouts in recent memory. asserted
what → come → memory
All 10 escapees – who got out of the jail through a hole in a wall behind a toilet – have since been recaptured. asserted
who → get → toilet
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