Captured jail guard Vicky White dies from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, say officers

Fugitive jail guard Vicky White has died at hospital from self-inflicted gunshot wounds hours after being captured by regulation enforcement officers with escaped Alabama inmate Casey White, officers have confirmed.

Ms White was taken to hospital after the nationwide manhunt for the pair got here to a dramatic finish with a automobile crash close to Evansville, Indiana, on Monday afternoon.

Vanderburgh County Coroner, Steven W Lockyear, introduced that the 56-year-old corrections officer had died at Evansville Deaconess Midtown Hospital on Monday evening, reported WHNT.

An post-mortem for her will probably be carried out on Tuesday.

Earlier Indiana’s Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding ceremony informed reporters on the scene of the arrest that Ms White’s accidents have been “very severe” and described her as being in “fairly severe form”.

The apprehension got here close to Evansville, Indiana, after a Cadillac automobile Ms White was driving was rammed by Marshals to finish the pursuit.

“The female and male fled in a car on Freeway 41 northbound, went previous Freeway 57 as you’ll be able to see they turned right here on Birch Park Drive, they got here by this grassy space,” Sheriff Wedding ceremony mentioned.

“The Marshals activity pressure intercepted them, truly collided with them to attempt to finish the pursuit.”

And he added: “Two dangerous individuals are off the streets.”

The sheriff mentioned the couple seem to have been in Indiana for six days earlier than their seize.

“It’s laborious to consider they have been right here that many days. They’re criminals, typically they do issues which can be inexplicable, however I’m glad they did,” he mentioned.

The sheriff added that Casey White’s large stature helped in his seize. “On this case, one of many suspects being 6ft 9, that’s good for us,” he mentioned.

The arrest got here 11 days into the nationwide manhunt for the pair, after Ms White walked a shackled Casey White out of jail they usually disappeared.

“We bought a harmful man off the road immediately,” Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton informed AL.com following the Monday afternoon seize.

No regulation enforcement officers fired their weapons in the course of the seize of the inmate and the jail guard, Mr Keely confirmed.

Sheriff Singleton mentioned that following the chase Casey White, 38, had surrendered to regulation enforcement.

“This has ended a really lengthy and aggravating and difficult week and a half” added the sheriff.

“It ended the way in which we knew it could – with them in custody. He’s by no means going to see the sunshine of day once more and that’s a great factor, not only for our neighborhood however that’s a great factor for this nation.”

Their seize got here after investigators receievd a tip on the couple’s location late on Sunday evening, and tracked them to a lodge within the state the place they fled. The sheriff mentioned they have no idea why the couple ended up in Indiana.

Witness Cory Bradley informed CNN he was driving on Freeway 41 in Evansville, Indiana, when greater than a dozen police vehicles flew previous him.

“It scared the life out of me once they got here flying by,” Mr Bradley informed the information community.

“Slightly bit up the street, we have been in stand-still site visitors, and that’s once I heard what was happening and took the video as I glided by. I saved it shifting. I thought of pulling over because it’s a nationwide story. We don’t get plenty of motion like that round right here,” Mr Bradley mentioned.

Casey White is now charged with escape, and Ms White is charged with allowing/aiding an escape, identification theft and second-degree forgery.

Final week, authorities launched photographs of how MS White would look if she modified her blonde hair to a darker color or shorter reduce.

Additionally they launched photos of Casey White’s distinctive tattoos.

The “topics must be thought-about harmful and could also be armed with an AR-15 rifle, handguns and a shotgun,” the company had mentioned.

The Marshals Service says that in 2015 Casey White threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend and her sister, and mentioned he wished to be killed by police.

He was being held in Lauderdale County jail awaiting trial on capital homicide fees towards him, and was already serving a 75-year sentence for crimes dedicated in 2015. The pair left the Lauderdale County Detention Middle on 29 April, with officers saying that they might have had a romantic relationship earlier than happening the run.

A warrant was out for Ms White’s arrest and he or she faces fees of allowing or facilitating escape within the first diploma.

Final Friday the automobile that they had left Alabama in was discovered deserted in Tennessee.

On Monday earlier than the seize, Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Workplace slapped its personal worker Ms White with new fees of identification theft and second-degree forgery.

The fees relate to Ms White allegedly utilizing an alias to purchase a getaway automobile that was used “to facilitate the escape”, officers mentioned.

Surveillance footage additionally confirmed Casey White in Indiana near the place investigators discovered a second deserted car tied to him and his corrections officer lover.

Video footage captured the capital homicide suspect getting into the Weinbach Automotive Wash in Evansville, Indiana, on Tuesday.

Further video footage additionally confirmed Ms White at a High quality Inn lodge simply hours earlier than she vanished with Casey White.

The video, shared by the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Workplace on Saturday, reveals Ms White pacing in entrance of the reception desk at a High quality Inn at round 5.21am on Friday 29 April.

She was wearing a darkish sweatshirt together with her blonde hair worn free round her shoulders, friends over-the-counter earlier than strolling away.

The footage was captured on the morning of the jail breakout, with officers saying Ms White stayed on the price range lodge for 2 nights earlier than happening the run.

Sheriff Rick Singleton mentioned that the High quality Inn is subsequent to the purchasing centre the place the couple deserted Ms White’s patrol automobile within the car parking zone and transferred right into a getaway car.