Casey White manhunt ends in Indiana, accomplice Vicky White dies, police say – KIRO 7 Information 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 prepared to arrest the pair, regulation enforcement sources confirmed.

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BREAKING: Based on a number of law enforcement sources, the search for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It led to Evansville, IN. Extra particulars to come back.

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Update 9:25 p.m. EDT Could 9: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding ceremony confirmed Vicky White’s death to The Related Press simply after 9 p.m. EDT Monday. Earlier in the evening, Marriage ceremony characterised Vicky White’s self-inflicted injuries as “very severe” 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 autopsy is schedule for Tuesday, Fox News reported.

Authentic report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton stated the 2 fugitives, who usually are not associated, 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 said. “This has ended a really long and aggravating and difficult week and a half. It ended the way that we knew it might. 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, 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 murder. Inmates and officers said they'd a “particular relationship,” the AP reported.

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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 mental analysis. As a substitute, they fled.

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

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

Based on the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit began when the couple was spotted near the sheriff’s workplace 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 injuries are serious and have been self-inflicted when she shot herself in some unspecified time in the future during 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 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 had been notified Sunday night time that a 2006 Ford F-150 had been found at an Evansville automotive wash.

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“This escape was obviously well-planned and calculated. A whole lot of preparation went into this. They'd plenty of sources, had tags, had autos. They had all the things they wanted to pull this off,” Singleton said throughout a Monday night press conference.

“We bought a dangerous man off the road immediately. He is by no means going to see the sunshine of day once more, and that’s a great factor, not only for our community but that’s a good factor 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 of their April 29 escape, the news outlet reported.

-- The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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