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(Reuters) -An escaped murder suspect and the female corrections officer who allegedly helped him break out of an Alabama jail were taken into custody on Monday in Indiana and the officer later died after shooting herself, authorities said.
Casey White, the 38-year-old inmate, surrendered after the Ford F-150 pickup truck he and Vicky White were in crashed following a pursuit by federal law enforcement officers in Indiana, Sheriff Rick Singleton of Lauderdale County, Alabama, said.
Vicky White, the 56-year-old assistant corrections director and suspected accomplice, was driving the truck and appeared to have “inflicted herself with a gunshot wound,” said Dave Wedding, sheriff of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, where the two were caught. Casey White had minor injuries, he told CNN.
Vicky White died at the hospital, the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office said. It did not give the cause of death.
Officials said arrangements have been made for Casey White to be transported back to Alabama to be arraigned on new charges.
Casey White and Vicky White, who are not related, were considered fugitives who were armed and dangerous and the manhunt was considered to be a top priority for the U.S. Marshals Service.
Casey White, previously accused of a September 2020 stabbing death, will face an escape charge, Singleton said. Vicky White, a 17-year corrections veteran, was near retirement.
“This escape was obviously well planned and calculated,” Singleton said, adding that there is no evidence of outside assistance.
Casey White was already serving time for a 2015 crimes, including home invasion and carjacking.
He was seen handcuffed and shackled in the custody of Vicky White leaving the jail in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, about 65 miles west of Huntsville, in late April. At the time, she was believed to be transporting him from the detention center to the courthouse for a mental evaluation.
Authorities realized the two had gone missing after the patrol car was found left in a shopping center parking lot.
(Reporting by Tyler Clifford; Editing by Aurora Ellis and Christopher Cushing)
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(Reuters) -An escaped murder suspect and the female corrections officer who allegedly helped him break out of an Alabama jail have been taken into custody, an Alabama Sheriff’s Department said on Monday.
Casey White, the 38-year-old inmate, surrendered after the Ford F-150 pickup truck he was driving crashed following a pursuit by federal law enforcement officers in Indiana, Sheriff Rick Singleton of Lauderdale County, Alabama, said.
Vicky White, the 56-year-old assistant corrections director and suspected accomplice, was a passenger in the vehicle and was transported to the hospital, Singleton told a news conference.
They were located at a hotel with the help of a citizen tip before the chase began, he said.
“Casey White is now back in custody,” he said. “We got a dangerous man off the street today. He is never going to see the light of day again.”
Officials said arrangements have been made for the pair to be transported back to Alabama to be arraigned on new charges.
CNN, citing U.S. marshals, reported that Vicky White was injured by a self-inflicted gunshot, a claim that Singleton said he could not confirm.
“I know that no law enforcement officers fired any shots, for sure,” he said.
Casey White and Vicky White, who are not related, were considered fugitives who were armed and dangerous and the manhunt was considered to be a top priority for the U.S. Marshals Service.
Casey White, previously accused of a September 2020 stabbing death, will face an escape charge. Vicky White, a 17-year corrections veteran who was near retirement, “has multiple charges on her now,” Singleton said.
The two will be housed in separate facilities.
“This escape was obviously well planned and calculated,” he said, adding that there is no evidence of outside assistance.
Casey White was already serving time for a 2015 crimes, including home invasion and carjacking.
He was seen handcuffed and shackled in the custody of Vicky White leaving the jail in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, about 65 miles west of Huntsville, in late April. At the time, she was believed to have been transporting him by patrol car from the detention center to the courthouse for a mental evaluation.
Authorities realized the two had gone missing after the patrol car was found left in a shopping center parking lot.
(Reporting by Tyler Clifford; Editing by Tim Ahmann and Aurora Ellis)
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