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 from injuries sustained by a self-inflicted gunshot wound as authorities prepared to arrest the pair, law enforcement sources confirmed.

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BREAKING: In response to a number of regulation enforcement sources, the search for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It ended in Evansville, IN. Extra details to return.

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

Based on 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 will not be related, had been 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 stated. “This has ended a very lengthy and hectic 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 permitting/aiding an escape, identification theft and second-degree forgery, AL.com reported.

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

>> Associated: Vicky White had ‘special 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 Middle in Florence, Alabama, that she was transporting the 38-year-old inmate for a psychological analysis. As a substitute, they fled.

In keeping with WAAY-TV, the fugitives had been captured after a pursuit ended when the car they had been driving crashed.

BREAKING: "We've captured them" Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding 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

According to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit started when the couple was noticed close to the sheriff’s office 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 accidents are critical and have been self-inflicted when she shot herself in some unspecified time in the future during or at the end of the pursuit.

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

In keeping 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 clearly well-planned and calculated. Loads of preparation went into this. They'd loads of sources, had tags, had automobiles. That they had everything they wanted to drag this off,” Singleton stated throughout a Monday night press convention.

“We got a harmful man off the road today. He is by no means going to see the sunshine of day once more, and that’s a good thing, not just for our group however that’s a great 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 of their April 29 escape, the information outlet reported.

-- The Related Press contributed to this report.

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