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 ready to arrest the pair, legislation enforcement sources confirmed.

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BREAKING: In response to multiple law 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 Might 9: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding confirmed Vicky White’s loss of life to The Related Press just after 9 p.m. EDT Monday. Earlier in the night, Wedding ceremony characterised Vicky White’s self-inflicted injuries as “very severe” following a police pursuit and rollover crash.

In response 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 News reported.

Authentic report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton mentioned the 2 fugitives, who will not be related, have been caught near Evansville, Indiana, after a chase with U.S. Marshals, The Associated Press reported.

“Casey White and Vicky White are in custody,” Singleton said. “This has ended a very lengthy and worrying and challenging week and a half. It ended the way in which that we knew it will. They're in custody.”

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Casey White is now charged with escape, and Vicky White is charged with allowing/aiding an escape, identification theft and second-degree forgery, AL.com reported.

Vicky White was a jail officer at the prison that was holding Casey White, who was awaiting trial for capital murder. Inmates and officers mentioned they'd a “particular relationship,” the AP reported.

>> Associated: Vicky White had ‘particular relationship’ with accused murderer Casey White

The pair had been on the run since April 29 when the 56-year-old jailer informed the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, that she was transporting the 38-year-old inmate for a psychological analysis. Instead, they fled.

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

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

According to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit started when the couple was noticed close to the sheriff’s workplace and ended in a rollover crash near Evansville Regional Airport, WXIN reported.

Casey White surrendered to police following the crash.

Sheriff Dave Wedding of Vanderburgh County Indiana confirmed to WXIN that Vicky White’s injuries are critical and were self-inflicted when she shot herself in some unspecified time in the future throughout or on 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 beforehand reported Casey White as the driving force and the crashed automobile as a Ford F-150.

In accordance with AL.com, U.S. Marshals were notified Sunday evening 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. Quite a lot of preparation went into this. They'd loads of assets, had tags, had autos. That they had the whole lot they needed to drag this off,” Singleton mentioned during a Monday evening press convention.

“We received a harmful man off the street as we speak. He is by no means going to see the sunshine of day again, and that’s a very good thing, not only for our community however that’s factor for this nation,” 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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