Manhunt underway for convicted murderer who escaped from prison, officials say

LAKE COUNTY, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) – A convicted murderer is on the run after escaping from a prison in Tennessee. Officers at the Northwest Correctional Complex in Lake County discovered inmate Jacob Morley was missing late Sunday night. Surveillance footage shows Morley breached a perimeter fence and left the facility in his prison uniform. Authorities released video of him allegedly stealing a white 2008 Ford F-350 during his escape around 1 a.m. Monday. The truck has a Tennessee license plate 138BBQV and is marked with Lindamood Planting Company on the side.TBI released new footage of escaped inmate Jacob Morley stealing a white 2008 Ford F-350Morley is serving a life sentence for first-degree murder in the 2022 killing of Cody Birchfield in Carter County, officials said. He was also convicted of abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and aggravated burglary.Morley was found guilty on Feb. 3 and sentenced to life with chance of parole.According to the Tennessee Bureau of Invest