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 accomplice, Vicky White, died Monday night time from accidents sustained by a self-inflicted gunshot wound as authorities ready to arrest the pair, regulation enforcement sources confirmed.

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BREAKING: In line with multiple regulation enforcement sources, the search for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It ended in Evansville, IN. Extra particulars to come.

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Update 9:25 p.m. EDT Could 9: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding 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 serious” following a police pursuit and rollover crash.

In keeping with Vanderburgh Coroner Steve Lockyear, Vicky White died simply after 7 p.m. CDT at Deaconess Hospital, and an autopsy is schedule for Tuesday, Fox News reported.

Unique report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton mentioned the 2 fugitives, who are usually not related, have 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 lengthy and irritating and difficult week and a half. It ended the best way that we knew it will. They are in custody.”

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Casey White is now charged with escape, and Vicky White is charged with permitting/aiding an escape, id 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 murder. Inmates and officers mentioned that they had 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 informed the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, that she was transporting the 38-year-old inmate for a psychological evaluation. Instead, they fled.

In response to WAAY-TV, the fugitives had been captured after a pursuit ended when the vehicle they were driving crashed.

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

In keeping with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit started when the couple was noticed close to the sheriff’s workplace and led to a rollover crash near Evansville Regional Airport, WXIN reported.

Casey White surrendered to police following the crash.

Sheriff Dave Marriage ceremony of Vanderburgh County Indiana confirmed to WXIN that Vicky White’s injuries are severe and have been self-inflicted when she shot herself at some point throughout or on the finish of the pursuit.

Marriage ceremony additionally confirmed to the TV station that Vicky White was driving the Cadillac the fugitives were in at the time of the crash. Singleton had previously reported Casey White as the motive force and the crashed car as a Ford F-150.

In line with AL.com, U.S. Marshals were notified Sunday night that a 2006 Ford F-150 had been found at an Evansville automobile wash.

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“This escape was obviously well-planned and calculated. A variety of preparation went into this. They'd plenty of assets, had tags, had vehicles. They had the whole lot they needed to drag this off,” Singleton stated throughout a Monday evening press convention.

“We obtained a harmful man off the road today. He's never going to see the sunshine of day again, and that’s a superb factor, not only for our community 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 discovered the orange 2007 Ford Edge the pair used in their April 29 escape, the news outlet reported.

-- The Related Press contributed to this report.

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