An Alabama prison officer died and an inmate who allegedly helped him escape was arrested after the two went missing in late April.
On Monday, U.S. marshals in Evansville, Indiana, chased a Ford pickup driven by fugitive Casey White, a Vicky White prison officer, as a passenger. Authorities said At a press conference. The truck crashed while chasing. Casey White surrendered and Vicky White was taken to hospital for treatment A wound caused by a self-propelled gun CNN reports. He died Later on Monday.
“It ended a very long, heavy and difficult week and a half,” authorities said at the time of their arrest, adding that they were Thankful that no one was hurt “As a result of this escape.”
Vicky White, 56, and Casey White, 38, were missing on Friday, April 30, when she accompanied them to court, he said, for a mental health assessment. Despite the same surname, they are both not related.
Surveillance video this morning shows Casey White in an orange jumpsuit chained to the back of Vicky White’s police vehicle at the Lauderdale County Detention Center.
The couple never went to court, however, where the inmate did not schedule a mental health checkup, which was later confirmed by Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton.
Instead, in violation of department policy requiring two lawmakers to always accompany detainees, the couple was alone in a nearby shopping center.
The Government told CNN They then left the patrol car in the mall’s parking lot and drove the bronze Ford Edge SUV that Vicky shot there last night.
“We know there wasn’t any attempt to go to court,” Singleton said. “They went straight to the parking lot in Piazza Firenze, launched a patrol, got in another car and left.”
The sheriff’s office told The Associated Press that the two appeared to have a “special relationship,” but did not provide details.
On May 2, a warrant of arrest was issued against Vicki White, accusing her of “permitting or facilitating a first degree escape”.
At a press conference where the allegations were made, Sheriff Singleton acknowledged that the prison officer may not have volunteered to assist the inmate, noting that he has a long and violent criminal record.
Casey White was present on the murder case in 2015. of cars and animal cruelty.
Friday should be Vicky White’s last day of work before she retires. Colleagues said he was an exemplary employee with an impeccable record.
Sarah Ruiz-Grossman contributed to this report.
Source: Huffpost
