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 accomplice, Vicky White, died Monday evening 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 keeping with a number of law enforcement sources, the search for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It resulted in Evansville, IN. More details to return.

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

According to 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 said the two fugitives, who are usually not related, were caught near Evansville, Indiana, after a chase with U.S. Marshals, The Associated Press reported.

“Casey White and Vicky White are in custody,” Singleton stated. “This has ended a very long and worrying and difficult week and a half. It ended the way in which that we knew it will. They're 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 on the prison that was holding Casey White, who was awaiting trial for capital murder. Inmates and officers stated they'd a “special 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 instructed the Lauderdale County Detention Heart in Florence, Alabama, that she was transporting the 38-year-old inmate for a psychological evaluation. As a substitute, they fled.

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

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

According to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit started when the couple was spotted near 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 accidents are critical and have been self-inflicted when she shot herself in some unspecified time in the future throughout or at the finish of the pursuit.

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

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

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“This escape was clearly well-planned and calculated. A lot of preparation went into this. They'd plenty of sources, had tags, had vehicles. They'd the whole lot they wanted to tug this off,” Singleton said during a Monday night press convention.

“We acquired a harmful man off the road at present. He is never going to see the light of day again, and that’s a good factor, not only for our community but that’s a superb thing for this country,” 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 news outlet reported.

-- The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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