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 night from injuries sustained by a self-inflicted gunshot wound as authorities ready to arrest the pair, law enforcement sources confirmed.

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BREAKING: According to multiple legislation enforcement sources, the search for the Alabama escapee and jailer is over. It led to Evansville, IN. More details to come.

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Replace 9:25 p.m. EDT May 9: Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding ceremony confirmed Vicky White’s loss of life to The Associated Press just after 9 p.m. EDT Monday. Earlier within the night, Wedding characterised Vicky White’s self-inflicted injuries as “very critical” 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 autopsy is schedule for Tuesday, Fox News reported.

Unique report: Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said the two fugitives, who should not associated, had 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 stated. “This has ended a very lengthy and worrying and challenging week and a half. It ended the way in which that we knew it could. 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, identity 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 officials said they'd a “special 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 advised the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, that she was transporting the 38-year-old inmate for a psychological evaluation. As a substitute, they fled.

In keeping with WAAY-TV, the fugitives have been captured after a pursuit ended when the vehicle they have been 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 come back. @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 close to 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 have been self-inflicted when she shot herself at some point during or at the end of the pursuit.

Marriage ceremony also confirmed to the TV station that Vicky White was driving the Cadillac the fugitives have been in on the time of the crash. Singleton had previously reported Casey White as the motive force and the crashed automobile as a Ford F-150.

According to AL.com, U.S. Marshals were 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. Quite a lot of preparation went into this. That they had plenty of assets, had tags, had vehicles. They had every little thing they wanted to pull this off,” Singleton stated during a Monday evening press conference.

“We got a harmful man off the road in the present day. He is never going to see the light of day again, and that’s thing, not only for our neighborhood but that’s a very good 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 in their April 29 escape, the information outlet reported.

-- The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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