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

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BREAKING: Based on multiple regulation enforcement sources, the search for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It resulted in Evansville, IN. Extra particulars to come back.

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

According to 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 News reported.

Original report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said the 2 fugitives, who usually are not associated, were caught near 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 hectic and challenging week and a half. It ended the way in which that we knew it could. 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 at the jail that was holding Casey White, who was awaiting trial for capital homicide. Inmates and officers stated they had 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 Heart in Florence, Alabama, that she was transporting the 38-year-old inmate for a psychological analysis. As a substitute, they fled.

According to WAAY-TV, the fugitives had been captured after a pursuit ended when the car they were driving crashed.

BREAKING: "We've 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 situation). Casey White is in custody. Extra to return. @WAAYTV

In keeping with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit began when the couple was spotted near the sheriff’s office and ended in 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 accidents are critical and had been self-inflicted when she shot herself sooner or later during or on the end 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 driving force and the crashed vehicle as a Ford F-150.

Based on 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 obviously well-planned and calculated. A number of preparation went into this. They had plenty of sources, had tags, had vehicles. They had the whole lot they needed to tug this off,” Singleton said during a Monday evening press convention.

“We bought a dangerous man off the street as we speak. He is never going to see the light of day again, and that’s a great thing, not just for our group but that’s a great thing for this country,” he added.

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