The close friend of a Tennessee murder victim fears his convicted killer could strike again after escaping prison and triggering a multi-state manhunt.Jacob Allen Morley escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, on Sunday, though officials have not said exactly when he got out.Prison staff discovered Morley was missing around 11:30 p.m., and a subsequent review of surveillance video showed him breaching the facility's perimeter fence.Around 1 a.m.
Monday, surveillance video captured Morley stealing a pickup truck from the 400 block of Keystone Drive, roughly two miles south of the prison, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.The white 2008 Ford F-350, bearing Tennessee license plate 138BBQV, has "Lindamood Planting Company" marked on its side.TENNESSEE INMATE CONVICTED OF MURDER ESCAPES FROM PRISON, STEALS PICKUP TRUCK, MANHUNT UNDERWAY: OFFICIALSJacob Allen Morley, 28, was serving a life sentence for the 2022 murder of Cody Birchfield when he escaped from a Tennessee prison Sunday, according to correction officials.
(Tennessee Department of Correction)Morley was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in 2025 of murdering Cody Birchfield three years earlier.Diana Reid, one of Birchfield's close childhood friends, told Fox News Digital that she's concerned Morley may hurt more people now that he's on the run."He's already been convicted of taking an innocent life.I believe he's extremely dangerous and I'm genuinely concerned that someone else could end up hurt if he's not caught soon," Reid said.
"I'm genuinely scared knowing that someone convicted of such a violent crime is out there, not knowing where he's headed.What he's capable of doing next is just frightening."Surveillance footage shows convicted murderer Jacob Allen Morley inside Northwest Correctional Complex before his escape Sunday.
Authorities said Morley was captured on security video breaching a prison fence.(Tennessee Department of Correcti...