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

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

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BREAKING: In response to a number of regulation enforcement sources, the seek for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It led to Evansville, IN. Extra details to come.

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Update 9:25 p.m. EDT Could 9: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Marriage ceremony confirmed Vicky White’s demise to The Related Press just after 9 p.m. EDT Monday. Earlier in the evening, Wedding ceremony characterised Vicky White’s self-inflicted injuries as “very severe” following a police pursuit and rollover crash.

In accordance with 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 Information reported.

Original report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said the 2 fugitives, who aren't related, were caught close to Evansville, Indiana, after a chase with U.S. Marshals, The Related Press reported.

“Casey White and Vicky White are in custody,” Singleton said. “This has ended a very long and tense and challenging week and a half. It ended the 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 allowing/aiding an escape, identity 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 said 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 told the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, that she was transporting the 38-year-old inmate for a psychological evaluation. As a substitute, they fled.

In accordance with WAAY-TV, the fugitives were captured after a pursuit ended when the car they were driving crashed.

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

In accordance with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit started when the couple was spotted 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 Wedding ceremony of Vanderburgh County Indiana confirmed to WXIN that Vicky White’s accidents are critical and had been self-inflicted when she shot herself at some point throughout or at the finish of the pursuit.

Marriage ceremony also 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 previously reported Casey White as the driver and the crashed automobile as a Ford F-150.

According to AL.com, U.S. Marshals have been notified Sunday night that a 2006 Ford F-150 had been discovered at an Evansville car wash.

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“This escape was clearly well-planned and calculated. A number of preparation went into this. That they had plenty of sources, had tags, had autos. That they had every little thing they needed to pull this off,” Singleton said during a Monday night press convention.

“We acquired a harmful man off the street at present. He is by no means going to see the light of day again, and that’s an excellent thing, not only for our community however that’s a very good factor 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 of their April 29 escape, the information outlet reported.

-- The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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