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FLORENCE, Ala. – The days long manhunt for an escaped Alabama murder suspect, Casey Cole White, and high-ranking jail guard Vicky White, came to a close on Monday – more than 10 days after the pair fled from Lauderdale County Detention Center, according to officials.
A U.S. Marshal Service spokesperson confirmed the news in an email to Fox News Digital Monday, acknowledging that Casey was in custody. Vicky was hospitalized with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Indiana law enforcement officials confirmed.
“Casey White and Vicky White are in custody,” Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton confirmed to reporters during a press conference later on Monday. Law enforcement caught up to the couple in Evansville, Indiana, on Monday afternoon, when a police chase ensued, Singleton said.
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The couple then crashed the vehicle, at which time Casey White surrendered, and Vicky White was taken to an area hospital for treatment to her “very serious” injuries, officials said.
“What I’m very thankful for tonight is that no one was hurt. No citizens were hurt. No law enforcement officers were hurt as a result of this escape,” Singleton went on.
Vanderburgh County, Indiana, Sheriff Dave Wedding told reporters law enforcement became aware of a vehicle matching the f description of a possible suspect vehicle, which had been spotted near the sheriff’s department office.
Inmate Casey Cole White and Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office Assistant Director of Corrections Vicki White (no relation) were last spotted when they left the detention for the court appearance at 9:30 am Friday according to the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s office.
(Lauderdale County Sheriff’s office)
Officers and federal agents went to investigate and “soon thereafter, the male and female fled in the vehicle,” Wedding said. He said Vicky White was driving and described the vehicle as a Cadillac.
The suspects then drove through a grassy area where Marshals “intercepted the actually collided with them, to try to end the pursuit,” Wedding went on.
“When this occurred, the female driver of the vehicle shot herself and the passenger was injured, not too seriously,” he said. “They’ve both been taken to local hospitals to be examined for their injuries.”
Wedding said he does not know “the true extent” of Vicky’s injuries, or where on her body she was wounded, but described her as being “in pretty serious shape.”
Asked how long the pair had been in Evansville, Wedding said investigators knew so far that the vehicle that was recovered had a date of May the 3.”
“It’s hard to believe that they’ve been here that many days, but we were lucky that we stumbled upon them today,” Wedding said.
Neither suspect resisted after the crash occurred.
Vicky and Casey White are not related, but share a “special relationship,” according to Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton.
Casey White, a convicted felon facing pending murder charges, has a history of carjackings and violent crime and was considered armed and “extremely dangerous.”
He has a long rap sheet, with convictions for attempted murder, armed robbery, animal cruelty and kidnapping, and is facing a pending murder case for the 2015 slaying of Connie Ridgeway, a 59-year-old mother, in her home.
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The suspect allegedly confessed to the crime, saying he had been hired to kill Ridgeway, but then pleaded not guilty due to insanity. He could face the death penalty if convicted.
Casey Cole White, the imposing murder suspect who escaped from an Alabama jail Friday morning with the alleged help of a prison official, warned cops in 2015 that he’d kill his ex-girlfriend if he got the chance, according to court documents.
(Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office, Alabama Department of Corrections)
Vicky White was the assistant director of corrections at the Lauderdale County Detention Center and is accused of helping the suspected killer escape.
She was expected to retire Friday and had recently sold her house, according to the sheriff. She also spent months telling colleagues, who said they were shocked to learn of her alleged involvement in the escape plot, that she planned to relocate to the beach.
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Fox News’ Adam Sabes contributed to this report.
