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 confederate, Vicky White, died Monday evening 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: In accordance with a number of regulation enforcement sources, the search for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It led to Evansville, IN. Extra particulars to return.

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Replace 9:25 p.m. EDT Could 9: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Marriage ceremony confirmed Vicky White’s death to The Associated Press simply after 9 p.m. EDT Monday. Earlier within the evening, Wedding ceremony characterised Vicky White’s self-inflicted injuries as “very serious” following a police pursuit and rollover crash.

In line 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.

Original report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said the 2 fugitives, who are usually not associated, 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 long and nerve-racking and difficult week and a half. It ended the way in which 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 allowing/aiding an escape, id theft and second-degree forgery, AL.com reported.

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

>> Associated: Vicky White had ‘particular relationship’ with accused murderer Casey White

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

Based on WAAY-TV, the fugitives were captured after a pursuit ended when the automobile they had been driving crashed.

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

Based on the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit began when the couple was spotted near the sheriff’s workplace and led to 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 injuries are critical and had been self-inflicted when she shot herself in some unspecified time in the future during or at the end of the pursuit.

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

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

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“This escape was obviously well-planned and calculated. Numerous preparation went into this. They had loads of sources, had tags, had vehicles. They'd the whole lot they wanted to tug this off,” Singleton stated throughout a Monday night press convention.

“We received a harmful man off the road in the present day. He's never going to see the light of day once more, and that’s a great factor, not only for our neighborhood however that’s a good factor for this country,” he added.

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

-- The Related Press contributed to this report.

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