Convicted murderer got over 5-hour head start after prison escape before local police were notified: official

FIRST ON FOX: The convicted murderer who escaped from a Tennessee prison had at least a five-hour head start before local police were notified he was missing, the local police chief told Fox News Digital.

Jacob Allen Morley broke out of the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, Sunday, although authorities have not disclosed the exact time of his escape.

Staff at the prison noticed Morley was unaccounted for at around 11:30 p.m., and a review of surveillance footage...