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

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Alabama fugitive Casey White was taken into custody in Indiana, and his suspected accomplice, Vicky White, died Monday night time from injuries 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 a number of regulation enforcement sources, the seek for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It ended in Evansville, IN. More particulars to come back.

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Replace 9:25 p.m. EDT May 9: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding ceremony confirmed Vicky White’s dying to The Related Press simply after 9 p.m. EDT Monday. Earlier in the evening, Wedding characterized Vicky White’s self-inflicted injuries as “very critical” following a police pursuit and rollover crash.

According to Vanderburgh Coroner Steve Lockyear, Vicky White died just after 7 p.m. CDT at Deaconess Hospital, and an autopsy is schedule for Tuesday, Fox Information reported.

Original report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said the 2 fugitives, who will not be related, have been caught close to Evansville, Indiana, after a chase with U.S. Marshals, The Associated Press reported.

“Casey White and Vicky White are in custody,” Singleton mentioned. “This has ended a really long and stressful and challenging week and a half. It ended the best way that we knew it might. They're in custody.”

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Casey White is now charged with escape, and Vicky White is charged with allowing/aiding an escape, identification 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 mentioned they'd a “special relationship,” the AP reported.

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

According to WAAY-TV, the fugitives were captured after a pursuit ended when the car they have been driving crashed.

BREAKING: "We have captured them" Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding ceremony says. They had been involved in a pursuit and wreck. Vicky White shot herself (unclear on her condition). Casey White is in custody. More to come. @WAAYTV

In line with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit started when the couple was spotted close to the sheriff’s office and resulted in a rollover crash close to Evansville Regional Airport, WXIN reported.

Casey White surrendered to police following the crash.

Sheriff Dave Wedding ceremony of Vanderburgh County Indiana confirmed to WXIN that Vicky White’s accidents are severe and were self-inflicted when she shot herself sooner or later during or on the end of the pursuit.

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

Based on AL.com, U.S. Marshals were notified Sunday night that a 2006 Ford F-150 had been discovered at an Evansville automobile wash.

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“This escape was obviously well-planned and calculated. Plenty of preparation went into this. They'd plenty of assets, had tags, had vehicles. They had every little thing they wanted to drag this off,” Singleton mentioned throughout a Monday evening press conference.

“We received a dangerous man off the road right now. He is by no means going to see the light of day again, and that’s factor, not just for our group but that’s an excellent thing for this country,” 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 of their April 29 escape, the information outlet reported.

-- The Related Press contributed to this report.

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