The nationwide manhunt for former Alabama corrections officer Vicky White and inmate Casey White ended on Monday after the two disappeared from the Lauderdale County Jail on April 29. However, Vicky White died after being hospitalized for a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.
Authorities captured Vicky White, 56, and Casey White, 38, in Indiana following an ensuing police chase after investigators received a tip from the public on Sunday and tracked them down, Lauderdale County, Alabama, Sheriff Rick Singleton said. The tip was one of hundreds investigators combed through in the 11 days after Vicky White helped Casey White escape jail.
Investigators spotted Vicky White exiting a hotel with a wig on. She and Casey White got into a vehicle and drove off, according to US Marshal Matt Keely.
That was when the vehicle pursuit began. The chase eventually ended when a US Marshals task force member drove a vehicle into the Cadillac the pair were in. The car wrecked and rolled over, Keely said. According to the US Marshals, Casey White was driving the car.
Officers were able to eject Casey White from the wrecked vehicle, but Vicky White was pinned inside with a gunshot wound to her head, Keely said.
Casey White reportedly told officers to help “his wife” who had shot herself in the head. Casey White told officers that he didn’t shoot the former corrections officer, whom he called his wife upon capture, according to Keely. As far as investigators know, Casey White and Vicky White were not married, Keely noted, and investigators previously said they weren’t related.
Casey White, who was taken to custody in stable condition, at least, can provide some answers when he’s extradited back to the same prison he broke out of.
