UPDATED: Authorities capture inmate who escaped from Hope Hull facility

Update: Murphy has been captured. 

Authorities are searching for Stephen Aaron Murphy, an inmate who escaped from a site in Hope Hull who is serving a 99 year sentence for a robbery committed in Morgan County. 

According to CrimeStoppers Murphy escaped from the Frank Lee Community Based Facility / Community Work Center in Hope Hull.

He was riding in a van and told the driver that he had to use the restroom at a Hardees on 79 Folmar Parkway in Hope Hull but never returned after exiting. 

He is described as a 38-year-old white male, standing at 6'0" and weighing 180 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair. He was last seen wearing white pants, a black and gray short, and red and black shoes. 

He has tattoos that include a cross tattoo at the center of his back, the words “break this” with a heart and dagger, “Morgan County” and “256” on his right forearm, and an Alabama map, “est 87” and “Murphy” on his left shoulder.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Frank Lee CBF/CWC at 334-290-3200, or Alabama Department of Corrections Communications at 800-831-8825.

Central Alabama Crimestoppers can be contacted at 215-STOP (7867) 24-hour tip line, 1-833-AL1-STOP, download the P3-tips app, or the text-to-tip feature by texting keyword 215stop to 738477. Anyone who uses the feature is asked to receive a Tip ID and password to talk with investigators in case of any follow-up questions.