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, regulation enforcement sources confirmed.

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BREAKING: In keeping with multiple regulation enforcement sources, the seek for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It led to Evansville, IN. More details to come back.

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Update 9:25 p.m. EDT Might 9: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding ceremony confirmed Vicky White’s loss of life to The Related Press just after 9 p.m. EDT Monday. Earlier in the evening, Wedding ceremony characterised Vicky White’s self-inflicted injuries as “very serious” 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.

Authentic report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said the two fugitives, who are usually not associated, have 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 mentioned. “This has ended a very lengthy and annoying and difficult week and a half. It ended the best 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 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 homicide. Inmates and officers stated 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 told the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, that she was transporting the 38-year-old inmate for a mental evaluation. As an alternative, they fled.

In accordance with WAAY-TV, the fugitives were captured after a pursuit ended when the vehicle they were driving crashed.

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

In accordance with the Vanderburgh County Sheriff, the police pursuit began when the couple was spotted near the sheriff’s workplace and led to a rollover crash near 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 critical and have been self-inflicted when she shot herself at some point 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 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 accordance with AL.com, U.S. Marshals had been notified Sunday evening that a 2006 Ford F-150 had been found at an Evansville automobile 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'd all the things they needed to drag this off,” Singleton stated during a Monday night press conference.

“We acquired a dangerous man off the road as we speak. He's never going to see the sunshine of day again, and that’s an excellent factor, not only for our community however that’s an excellent thing 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 information outlet reported.

-- The Related Press contributed to this report.

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