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 night time 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: According to multiple regulation enforcement sources, the search for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It led to Evansville, IN. More particulars to return.

>> Associated: Warrant issued for Alabama corrections officer; sheriff said she participated in inmate’s escape

Update 9:25 p.m. EDT Could 9: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding confirmed Vicky White’s loss of life 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 accordance with Vanderburgh Coroner Steve Lockyear, Vicky White died just 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 stated the 2 fugitives, who are not related, had 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 stated. “This has ended a really long and tense and challenging week and a half. It ended the way in which that we knew it would. 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, identity 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 said that they had a “particular relationship,” the AP reported.

>> Associated: Vicky White had ‘special relationship’ with accused assassin Casey White

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 automobile they have been driving crashed.

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

In accordance with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit began when the couple was noticed close to the sheriff’s workplace and ended in 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 injuries are critical and had been self-inflicted when she shot herself at some point during or at the end of the pursuit.

Wedding 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 driving force and the crashed vehicle as a Ford F-150.

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

>> Associated: Vicky White, Casey White getaway automobile situated; investigation back to sq. one, sheriff says

“This escape was clearly well-planned and calculated. A variety of preparation went into this. They had plenty of sources, had tags, had vehicles. That they had all the pieces they needed to pull this off,” Singleton said during a Monday evening press conference.

“We bought a harmful man off the street at present. He's never going to see the light of day again, and that’s factor, not just for our community however that’s a good factor for this nation,” he added.

Evansville is about 175 miles north of Williamson County, Tennessee, the place authorities on Thursday found 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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