Casey White manhunt ends in Indiana, accomplice Vicky White dies, police say – KIRO 7 News Seattle

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Alabama fugitive Casey White was taken into custody in Indiana, and his suspected confederate, Vicky White, died Monday night time from accidents sustained by a self-inflicted gunshot wound as authorities ready to arrest the pair, law enforcement sources confirmed.

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BREAKING: According to multiple regulation enforcement sources, the search for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It ended in Evansville, IN. Extra details to come back.

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Update 9:25 p.m. EDT Might 9: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding confirmed Vicky White’s loss of life to The Associated Press simply after 9 p.m. EDT Monday. Earlier in the night, Wedding ceremony characterized Vicky White’s self-inflicted accidents as “very critical” following a police pursuit and rollover crash.

In response to Vanderburgh Coroner Steve Lockyear, Vicky White died simply after 7 p.m. CDT at Deaconess Hospital, and an post-mortem is schedule for Tuesday, Fox News reported.

Original report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said the two fugitives, who are not associated, had been caught near Evansville, Indiana, after a chase with U.S. Marshals, The Related Press reported.

“Casey White and Vicky White are in custody,” Singleton mentioned. “This has ended a really long and tense and difficult week and a half. It ended the way in which that we knew it could. They are in custody.”

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Casey White is now charged with escape, and Vicky White is charged with allowing/aiding an escape, identity theft and second-degree forgery, AL.com reported.

Vicky White was a jail officer at the prison that was holding Casey White, who was awaiting trial for capital homicide. Inmates and officers stated that they had a “particular relationship,” the AP reported.

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The pair had been on the run since April 29 when the 56-year-old jailer informed the Lauderdale County Detention Heart in Florence, Alabama, that she was transporting the 38-year-old inmate for a psychological evaluation. As a substitute, they fled.

In line with WAAY-TV, the fugitives were captured after a pursuit ended when the vehicle they have been driving crashed.

BREAKING: "We've captured them" Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Marriage ceremony says. They have been concerned in a pursuit and wreck. Vicky White shot herself (unclear on her situation). Casey White is in custody. More to return. @WAAYTV

In accordance with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit began when the couple was spotted near the sheriff’s workplace and ended in a rollover crash near Evansville Regional Airport, WXIN reported.

Casey White surrendered to police following the crash.

Sheriff Dave Wedding of Vanderburgh County Indiana confirmed to WXIN that Vicky White’s accidents are severe and had been self-inflicted when she shot herself in some unspecified time in the future during or at the finish of the pursuit.

Wedding also confirmed to the TV station that Vicky White was driving the Cadillac the fugitives had been in on the time of the crash. Singleton had beforehand reported Casey White as the motive force and the crashed vehicle as a Ford F-150.

In keeping with AL.com, U.S. Marshals were notified Sunday night time that a 2006 Ford F-150 had been discovered at an Evansville car wash.

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“This escape was obviously well-planned and calculated. Plenty of preparation went into this. They had plenty of resources, had tags, had automobiles. They had all the things they wanted to pull this off,” Singleton said during a Monday evening press conference.

“We acquired a harmful man off the road right this moment. He is by no means going to see the light of day again, and that’s an excellent factor, not only for our group however that’s a good thing for this nation,” he added.

Evansville is about 175 miles north of Williamson County, Tennessee, where authorities on Thursday found the orange 2007 Ford Edge the pair used in their April 29 escape, the news outlet reported.

-- The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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