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 confederate, Vicky White, died Monday evening 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: In response to a number of law enforcement sources, the seek for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It resulted in Evansville, IN. More particulars to come back.

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Replace 9:25 p.m. EDT Could 9: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Marriage ceremony confirmed Vicky White’s death to The Associated Press just after 9 p.m. EDT Monday. Earlier in the evening, Wedding ceremony characterised Vicky White’s self-inflicted injuries 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 post-mortem is schedule for Tuesday, Fox News reported.

Original report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said the two fugitives, who aren't 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 mentioned. “This has ended a very long and tense and difficult week and a half. It ended the best way that we knew it will. 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 murder. Inmates and officers said that 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 mental evaluation. As a substitute, they fled.

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

BREAKING: "We have captured them" Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding ceremony 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 back. @WAAYTV

In keeping with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit started when the couple was noticed near the sheriff’s workplace and led to 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 serious and had been self-inflicted when she shot herself sooner or later during or at the end of the pursuit.

Wedding ceremony also confirmed to the TV station that Vicky White was driving the Cadillac the fugitives were in on the time of the crash. Singleton had beforehand reported Casey White as the driver and the crashed vehicle as a Ford F-150.

In line with AL.com, U.S. Marshals have been notified Sunday night that a 2006 Ford F-150 had been found at an Evansville automobile wash.

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“This escape was clearly well-planned and calculated. Numerous preparation went into this. That they had plenty of assets, had tags, had automobiles. That they had every little thing they needed to tug this off,” Singleton mentioned throughout a Monday night press convention.

“We bought a harmful man off the road immediately. He's never going to see the light of day once more, and that’s a superb thing, not only for our community however that’s an excellent factor for this nation,” 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 of their April 29 escape, the information outlet reported.

-- The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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