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 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: In response to a number of legislation enforcement sources, the seek for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It resulted in Evansville, IN. More particulars to come.

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

In keeping with 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 Information reported.

Original report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said the two fugitives, who usually are not related, had been 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 stated. “This has ended a very lengthy and aggravating and difficult week and a half. It ended the best way 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 murder. Inmates and officials stated 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 advised the Lauderdale County Detention Heart in Florence, Alabama, that she was transporting the 38-year-old inmate for a psychological evaluation. Instead, they fled.

Based on WAAY-TV, the fugitives had been captured after a pursuit ended when the automobile they were driving crashed.

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

In line with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit began when the couple was spotted close to 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 accidents are severe and have been self-inflicted when she shot herself sooner or later throughout or at the end of the pursuit.

Marriage ceremony also 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 driving force and the crashed automobile as a Ford F-150.

Based on 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 obviously well-planned and calculated. Plenty of preparation went into this. That they had loads of resources, had tags, had automobiles. They had every little thing they needed to pull this off,” Singleton mentioned during a Monday night press conference.

“We obtained a harmful man off the road in the present day. He's by no means going to see the light of day once more, and that’s a superb thing, not just for our neighborhood however that’s a superb 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 news outlet reported.

-- The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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