Casey White manhunt ends in Indiana, confederate 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 night time from accidents sustained by a self-inflicted gunshot wound as authorities prepared to arrest the pair, legislation enforcement sources confirmed.

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

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Replace 9:25 p.m. EDT Might 9: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding confirmed Vicky White’s demise to The Associated Press just after 9 p.m. EDT Monday. Earlier in the evening, Marriage ceremony characterized Vicky White’s self-inflicted accidents as “very critical” 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 autopsy is schedule for Tuesday, Fox Information reported.

Original report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton mentioned the two fugitives, who are usually not associated, were caught close to Evansville, Indiana, after a chase with U.S. Marshals, The Associated Press reported.

“Casey White and Vicky White are in custody,” Singleton mentioned. “This has ended a really long and demanding and challenging week and a half. It ended the way that we knew it would. 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 homicide. Inmates and officials said that they had 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 told the Lauderdale County Detention Heart in Florence, Alabama, that she was transporting the 38-year-old inmate for a mental analysis. As an alternative, they fled.

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

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

In keeping with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit began when the couple was spotted near the sheriff’s office and resulted in a rollover crash near Evansville Regional Airport, WXIN reported.

Casey White surrendered to police following the crash.

Sheriff Dave Marriage ceremony of Vanderburgh County Indiana confirmed to WXIN that Vicky White’s injuries are severe and had 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 had been in at the time of the crash. Singleton had previously reported Casey White as the motive force and the crashed vehicle as a Ford F-150.

According to AL.com, U.S. Marshals were notified Sunday night that a 2006 Ford F-150 had been found at an Evansville car wash.

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“This escape was clearly well-planned and calculated. Loads of preparation went into this. They'd plenty of resources, had tags, had autos. That they had all the things they wanted to pull this off,” Singleton mentioned throughout a Monday night press conference.

“We acquired a dangerous man off the road right this moment. He is never going to see the sunshine of day again, and that’s a very good thing, not just for our group but that’s factor for this country,” he added.

Evansville is about 175 miles north of Williamson County, Tennessee, where authorities on Thursday discovered the orange 2007 Ford Edge the pair used in their April 29 escape, the news outlet reported.

-- The Related Press contributed to this report.

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