跟进：越狱杀人犯Morley跨州后地方警方才接到通报：检察官披露时间差、悬赏升至17,500美元

位于美国田纳西州莱克县的 Tiptonville 镇是西北惩教综合体（Northwest Correctional Complex）所在地——因杀人被判无期徒刑的 Jacob Morley 上周日（10月25日）晚从这座监狱越狱。地区检察官 Danny Goodman Jr. 周五（10月30日）向美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）披露了一条此前未公开的时间线：Morley 周一凌晨4时40分就已抵达伊利诺伊州的 Marion，而当地执法部门直到早上6时15分才接到通报，此时他早已跨过州界。

Goodman 说，他最大的担忧就是这段通知时间差：如果地方警方能和惩教部门一样早知道消息，本可多出约两个小时在路上巡逻，很可能在 Morley 离开本县之前就抓住他。按他披露的细节，周日晚9时30分例行点名时，有狱警敲 Morley 的牢房门询问里面有几人，一名在押人员谎称有两人，事实上 Morley 当时已不在牢房内；监狱工作人员约晚11时30分确认他失踪，约凌晨2时通知了内部调查人员，但州级机构与检察官办公室直到清晨5时30分才接到通知。监控画面显示，Morley 剪穿了监狱的安全围栏，藏身于主厨房后的托盘与垃圾车之间，随后逃出监狱，当时还穿着囚服；他用什么工具剪开围栏、工具从何而来，目前尚不清楚。

Morley 随后在莱克县偷走一辆2008年款白色 Ford F-350 皮卡北逃。田纳西州调查局（Tennessee Bureau of Investigation，TBI）称，这辆车周二在 Marion 被找到，地点在监狱以北约130英里处；Marion 警方中尉 Justin Dwyer 表示，监控显示这辆车约周一凌晨4时40分就被弃置在当地，警方直到周二上午10时左右才找到它，也就是说它在伊利诺伊州南部停了超过一天。影像线索显示 Morley 弃车后朝一条公路方向走去。Dwyer 说，警方已逐户走访、跟进每一条线索，虽然没有迹象表明他仍在 Marion，但警方会继续按他仍在当地来搜寻。

田纳西州惩教厅（Tennessee Department of Correction，TDOC）周五下午在社交平台发帖，称 Morley「被认为危险、可能身在任何地方」，并请周一早晨途经 Marion 的卡车司机与旅客回看行车记录仪画面，留意可疑活动；该厅同时提醒公众保持警惕、照看家人与邻居，留意自家空置房屋与附属建筑。Morley 现已列入 TBI 头号通缉名单，田纳西州州长办公室、TBI 与美国法警局合计悬赏17,500美元，征集能促成将其逮捕的线索；提供线索可拨打 1-800-TBI-FIND（1-800-824-3463）。

Morley 是田纳西州惩教厅本月第二名越狱的在押人员。该厅厅长已在上月 Christa Pike 执行死刑事故后辞职，州长 Bill Lee 周五宣布任命 Christopher Hansen 为临时厅长。Morley 因2022年杀害同事 Cody Birchfield 被定罪，他犯有一级谋杀、加重入室盗窃、篡改证据、逃避逮捕与破坏财物等罪名，被判无期徒刑；Birchfield 的遗体在失踪数周后被发现装在一只箱子里、藏在 Morley 家下方。受害者的姐姐 Carrie Norman 对 CNN 附属台 WCYB 表示，得知杀害弟弟的凶手越狱后「胃里一阵翻腾，所有的感受一下子全涌了回来」；家属同时呼吁知情者向当局提供线索。

关联：跟进：田纳西州越狱犯Morley被盗皮卡在伊利诺伊州Marion被找到、人仍在逃：悬赏已提高至合计15000美元

Follow-up: Escaped Murderer Morley Had Crossed State Lines Before Local Police Were Alerted, Prosecutor Says; Reward Rises to $17,500

TIPTONVILLE, Tennessee — Tiptonville, a town in Lake County, Tennessee, is home to the Northwest Correctional Complex, from which Jacob Morley, serving a life sentence for murder, escaped late on Sunday, October 25. District Attorney Danny Goodman Jr. told CNN on Friday, October 30, that Morley had already reached Marion, Illinois, by 4:40 a.m. on Monday, but local law enforcement was not notified until 6:15 a.m. — by which time he had long crossed the state line.

Goodman said his biggest concern was the large gap between when the corrections department knew and when local agencies were told: had local police known as quickly, they would have had about two more hours to patrol, and a good chance of catching Morley before he left the county. According to Goodman, during a routine 9:30 p.m. cell count on Sunday, an officer knocked on Morley's cell and asked how many inmates were inside; an inmate falsely claimed two were present, but Morley was not in the cell. Staff confirmed he was missing around 11:30 p.m. and alerted an internal investigator around 2 a.m., but state agencies and the district attorney's office were not notified until 5:30 a.m. Security footage showed Morley cut through the prison's security fences and hid among pallets and a trash cart behind the main kitchen before fleeing in his prison uniform; what tool he used to cut the fence, and how he obtained it, remains unknown.

Morley then stole a 2008 white Ford F-350 in Lake County and drove north. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) said the truck was found abandoned on Tuesday in Marion, about 130 miles north of the prison. Marion police Lt. Justin Dwyer said surveillance video showed the truck had apparently been abandoned around 4:40 a.m. Monday, and police did not find it until about 10 a.m. Tuesday — meaning it sat in southern Illinois for more than a day. Video evidence indicates Morley headed toward a highway after leaving the truck. Dwyer said officers have searched neighborhoods, knocked on doors and followed every lead, and although there is no indication Morley is still in Marion, police will continue to assume he is.

The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) posted on social media on Friday afternoon that Morley is 'considered dangerous and could be anywhere,' asking truck drivers and travelers who were in Marion on Monday morning to review dash-camera footage for suspicious activity and urging the public to remain vigilant and check vacant homes and outbuildings. Morley is on the TBI's Most Wanted list, with a combined reward of $17,500 offered by the Tennessee governor's office, the TBI and the U.S. Marshals Service for information leading to his arrest; tips can be called in to 1-800-TBI-FIND (1-800-824-3463).

Morley is the second inmate to escape TDOC custody this month. The department's commissioner resigned after last month's botched execution of Christa Pike, and Governor Bill Lee announced on Friday the appointment of Christopher Hansen as interim commissioner. Morley was convicted of the 2022 killing of his co-worker Cody Birchfield — first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, tampering with evidence, evading arrest and vandalism — and sentenced to life in prison; Birchfield's body was found weeks after he went missing, in a box under Morley's house. Birchfield's older sister, Carrie Norman, told CNN affiliate WCYB that learning her brother's killer had escaped made her feel 'sick to her stomach,' and the family urged anyone with information to contact authorities.

来源：GSM·美国（原文链接）

图片来源：图：位于田纳西州莱克县 Tiptonville 的莱克县法院（资料图）。照片：chiacomo，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。

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