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Escaped Tennessee inmate caught after 10 days on the run when his truck gets stuck in the mud

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Tuesday, November 3, 2026 at 11:13 PM · 1 min read
Escaped Tennessee inmate caught after 10 days on the run when his truck gets stuck in the mud — Aventura Government news

An escaped Tennessee prisoner convicted of murder was recaptured Tuesday near Kansas City, Missouri, when his truck got stuck in the mud after troopers used roadside cameras and a helicopter to track him down, ending 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, officials said.The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it learned Tuesday morning that Morley was possibly traveling west on Interstate 70 in the Kansas City area. The vehicle was located using automated license plate readers and undercover officers traveling on a state highway in western Missouri.Morley was driving a “metal flatbed work truck” with a white cab, said Sgt. Justin Ewing, a spokesperson for the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Two rifles and a shotgun were recovered from the vehicle, which authorities suspect was stolen in Illinois, according to Ewing.It's unclear where Morley was going. Morley may ha

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