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Convicted Killer Captured: Escaped Tennessee Murderer Jacob Allen Morley Apprehended in Missouri | Crime Alert 11.05.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani. Missouri state troopers have captured an escaped
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  Speaker 2: convict who broke free from a Tennessee prison last week.
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  Speaker 2: Jacob Allen Morley broke out of the Northwest Correctional Complex
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  Speaker 2: in Tiptonville, Tennessee on October 25th while serving a life
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  Speaker 2: sentence for murder. Staff at the prison noticed Morley was
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  Speaker 2: unaccounted for at around 1130 at night. And a review
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  Speaker 2: of surveillance footage subsequently revealed him crossing through the prison's
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  Speaker 2: perimeter fence. According to Tennessee Highway Patrol dispatch audio, Morley
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  Speaker 2: was last seen at the prison around 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: He was later seen on nearby surveillance video stealing a
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  Speaker 2: pickup truck, which was subsequently found abandoned last week in Marion, Illinois,
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  Speaker 2: about 120 miles away from the prison. On November 3rd,
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  Speaker 2: at approximately 9.30 in the morning, the Missouri State Highway
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  Speaker 2: Patrol's Information Analysis Center and Troop A Communications received critical
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  Speaker 2: intelligence from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation that Morley may
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  Speaker 2: be traveling westbound on Interstate 70 near Independence. Suspect vehicle
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  Speaker 2: locations were pinpointed using flock cameras, allowing law enforcement officers
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  Speaker 2: to immediately deploy in heavy numbers to the area. Undercover
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  Speaker 2: officers located the suspect vehicle traveling south on Missouri Highway
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  Speaker 2: 291 in Liberty. Police from several local and federal agencies,
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  Speaker 2: including Kansas City Police, Independence Police, the Career Criminal Task Force,
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  Speaker 2: Homeland Security Investigations, and the United States Marshal Service assisted
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  Speaker 2: in the capture. As state troopers closed in, Morley tried
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  Speaker 2: to veer off the road and got stuck, leading to
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  Speaker 2: his arrest without incident roughly two hours after the initial tip.
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  Speaker 2: Morley was originally arrested in 2022 near the North Carolina
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  Speaker 2: border for the murder of Cody Birchfield, whose body was
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  Speaker 2: later found buried under Morley's home. In 2025, Morley was
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  Speaker 2: convicted of first-degree murder, burglary, tampering with evidence, evading arrest,
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  Speaker 2: and vandalism after his ex-girlfriend testified that Morley killed him.
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  Speaker 2: Diana Reed, one of Birchfield's close friends, told Fox News
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  Speaker 2: Digital she was deeply terrified Morley would kill again.
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  Speaker 1: He's already been convicted of taking an innocent life. I
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  Speaker 1: believe he's extremely dangerous, and I'm genuinely concerned that someone
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  Speaker 1: else could end up hurt if he's not caught soon.
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  Speaker 2: Tennessee authorities publicly thanked the public and the Missouri State
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  Speaker 2: Highway Patrol for successfully recapturing the dangerous killer without further violence.
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  Speaker 2: More crime and justice news after this. An 18-year-old man
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  Speaker 2: has been taken into custody in connection with the fatal
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  Speaker 2: shooting of a University of Colorado Boulder student and the
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  Speaker 2: injuring of another over the weekend. Omar Perez was arrested
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  Speaker 2: on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree assault, and attempted first-degree murder,
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  Speaker 2: according to a Boulder Police Department news release. Authorities confirmed
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  Speaker 2: a sibling of Perez identified the teen from photos that
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  Speaker 2: were circulated after the shooting. The shooting occurred on Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: October 31st at a home on the 700 block of
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  Speaker 2: Marine Street in the University Hill neighborhood. Officers responded earlier
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  Speaker 2: that evening to a noise complaint involving a large party,
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  Speaker 2: citing residents for hosting a nuisance party. While partygoers dispersed,
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  Speaker 2: a smaller group remained inside. Detectives believe a group of
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  Speaker 2: individuals later attempted to force their way into the house,
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  Speaker 2: sparking a scuffle before shots were fired inside, striking two
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  Speaker 2: university students. Officers arrived just before 11.30, finding both wounded students.
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  Speaker 2: Boulder County Coroner identified 19-year-old Luca Hanlon, who died of
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  Speaker 2: his injuries early Sunday, November 1, while the other student
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  Speaker 2: remains hospitalized. Detectives believe Perez was the lone shooter. Boulder
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  Speaker 2: Police Chief Steve Redfern stated that while he hopes the
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  Speaker 2: arrest restores safety, it will never undo the trauma inflicted.
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  Speaker 2: In an update out of Canby, Oregon, the man accused
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  Speaker 2: of having kidnapped a 10-year-old girl from her home has
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  Speaker 2: been charged. Vince Edgar Chavez, 35, was arraigned on 10
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  Speaker 2: felony charges, including attempted murder, assault, kidnapping, sexual abuse, burglary,
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  Speaker 2: two counts of sodomy, and unlawful use of a weapon,
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  Speaker 2: according to the Clackamas County District Attorney's Office. A circuit
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  Speaker 2: judge granted prosecutors requests to hold Chavez without bail. The
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  Speaker 2: horrifying ordeal began Wednesday morning, October 28th, in Canby, Oregon,
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  Speaker 2: as Canby Police Captain James Murphy detailed.
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  Speaker 3: At approximately 1.39 a.m., an unknown male reportedly entered the
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  Speaker 3: apartment and violently assaulted a 12-year-old girl before taking her
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  Speaker 3: 10-year-old sister, Violet Haye. The U.S.
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  Speaker 2: Marshals Service Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force deployed to
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  Speaker 2: locate Violet Hay and the prime suspect, tracking them 13
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  Speaker 2: hours later to a residence on Pleasant Avenue in Oregon City,
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  Speaker 2: 10 miles away. A multi-agency team, including local SWAT, police,
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  Speaker 2: the FBI, and a tactical negotiations team raided the location.
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  Speaker 2: As Chavez attempted to flee out the back door, officers
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  Speaker 2: arrested him without incident, with Captain Murphy announcing the successful rescue.
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  Speaker 3: She was located at a residence at approximately 245 this
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  Speaker 3: afternoon in Oregon City. SWAT took the suspect into custody
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  Speaker 3: and she was found safe and alive.
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  Speaker 2: Violet was found tied up in a closet, restrained with
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  Speaker 2: duct tape, and stuffed inside a duffel bag after her
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  Speaker 2: sister was struck repeatedly with a hammer. Chief Deputy District
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  Speaker 2: Attorney Chris Owen praised the swift arrest before further harm
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  Speaker 2: could come to either child. Chavez is scheduled for arraignment
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  Speaker 2: on indictment Thursday, November 5th. For more crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 2: be sure to join us for Crime Stories with Nancy
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  Speaker 2: Grace on Fox 1, YouTube, Sirius XM, and now streaming
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  Speaker 2: on Tubi. With this Crime Alert, I'm Sydney Silvani.