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Jacob Morley escaped Tennessee’s Northwest Correctional Complex late Sunday, and authorities later found the pickup truck he allegedly stole abandoned in Marion, Illinois.

Officials added the 28-year-old convicted murderer to Tennessee’s Most Wanted list and offered up to $2,500 for information leading to his arrest.

Morley was serving life for killing Cody Birchfield, and his disappearance marks the second escape from Tennessee Department of Correction custody in one week.

Authorities have recovered a stolen pickup truck believed to have been used by a convicted murderer who escaped from a Tennessee prison, but the inmate remains on the run.

According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, a white 2008 Ford F-350 allegedly stolen by 28-year-old Jacob Morley was discovered abandoned early Tuesday (Oct.…