Fugitive who escaped from Tennessee prison apprehended in Missouri
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A man serving a life sentence for murder, who escaped from a Tennessee prison last week, was caught by authorities in Missouri 450 miles from his jail cell, authorities said.Read more trending newsAccording to a news release from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Jacob Allen Morley, 28, was apprehended on Tuesday near Norborne, Missouri. Morley was taken into custody without incident at approximately 11:34 a.m. CT.Morley had been serving a life sentence at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, located near the southeastern Missouri region known as the Bootheel. Prison officials said that Morley had clambered over a fence and stole a white Ford F-350 pickup truck near the facility, according to WZTV.According to the TBI, investigators received a tip that Morley was believed to be hiding in a shed at a hunting camp near Marion, Illinois. Authorities also learned that a truck had been stolen from the property. The truck that Morley had stolen in Tennessee was