Vicky White, corrections officer accused of helping inmate escape, died by suicide: coroner
Vicky White, the Alabama corrections official accused of a years-long jailhouse romance with murder suspect Casey White before the two escaped, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office confirmed Tuesday night.
White’s death has officially been ruled a suicide.
The 56-year-old corrections officer was found injured Monday afternoon in Evansville, Ind., inside the getaway car after police, tipped off by a car wash attendant, rammed their vehicle, causing it to flip. She died hours later at the hospital.
Her partner, Casey White, was immediately taken into custody and has since been extradited back to Lauderdale, Ala., to face capital murder charges for the 2015 stabbing death of an 85-year-old woman. Prosecutors also added a charge of first-degree escape to his rap sheet Tuesday night, according to WHNT.
Escaped Alabama inmate Casey White was prepared for a shootout with police before capture: sheriff
The Whites, who were not related and do not appear to have been married, despite Casey referring to Vicky as “my wife,” were on the run for 11 days after fleeing the Lauderdale County Jail.
When police finally tracked them down, the pair had at least four handguns, an AR-15 and about $29,000 in cash in their car, Vanderburgh County, Ind., Sheriff Dave Wedding said Tuesday.
“[Casey White] said he was probably going to have a shootout at the stake of both of them losing their lives,” Wedding said.
