orley, according to officials.

Birchfield disappeared in early February 2022 after he was last seen in Elizabethton, Tennessee. According to WJHL , investigators from the Carter County Sheriff's Office saw indications that a  violent crime  had occurred inside his house.

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On March 2, 2022, Morley was arrested after a police chase that went to the North Carolina state line. After the arrest, Birchfield's body was found underneath Morley's home.

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Surveillance footage shows Jacob Allen Morley, 28, inside Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, before he escaped Sunday. Morley was serving a life sentence for murder, according to the Tennessee Department of Correction. (Tenness Expand

Morley's former girlfriend, Landree Sheperd, testified at Morley's trial and claimed that the defendant said at one point that  he f---ing killed him. 

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People with information about Morley's whereabouts are encouraged to contact 844-832-3463.

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