The weekend escape of a Tennessee inmate who was convicted of murdering a co-worker was just the latest black eye for the state’s troubled prison system, coming only weeks after the failed execution of Christa Pike.
Jacob Morley was last known to have been in Marion, Illinois, on Tuesday. Authorities say he stole a truck from a nearby farm after escaping late Sunday from the Northwest Correctional Complex near Tiptonville, Tennessee, and abandoned it Tuesday behind a strip mall in Marion, which is about 120 miles (193 kilometers) north of the lockup.
Police have been trying to determine where Morley went after ditching the truck…