Convicted murderer who escaped from Tennessee prison captured in Missouri

Jacob Morley, serving a life sentence for killing a co-worker, slipped through a prison fence last week

A man convicted of murder who escaped from a Tennessee prison was recaptured on Tuesday in Missouri after 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 outside Kansas City, Missouri, before midday by the state highway patrol.