Vicky White, a former Alabama prison officer, died of her injuries after she and fugitive inmate Casey White were apprehended in Indiana earlier Monday, according to Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding.
US Marshals previously informed that she was hospitalized with self-inflicted gunshot wounds after being apprehended following a car pursuit in Evansville, Indiana. Wedding stated at the time that her injuries were “quite serious.”
According to Sheriff Rick Singleton of Lauderdale County, Alabama, where the couple who are not related escaped on April 29, no law enforcement personnel fired bullets.
According to US Marshal Matt Keely, officers conducting surveillance noticed Vicky White entering a motel wearing a wig before the chase began. She then got into a car with Casey White and drove away.
Authorities followed them until a car chase ensued, which ended when a US Marshals task force member crashed into the Cadillac they were driving. According to him, the car crashed and flipped over. According to the US Marshals, Casey White was behind the wheel, despite Wedding telling reporters Vicky White was behind the wheel.
Officers were able to free the inmate from the mangled automobile, but Vicky White was pinned inside and suffered a gunshot wound to the head, according to Keely.
According to Keely, Casey White told officers to help “his wife,” who had shot herself in the head, and that he didn’t do it. Casey White and Vicky White are not married, according to Keely.
The pair’s capture brought an end to an 11-day manhunt that drew extensive national attention and resulted in hundreds of leads from across the country, including one that led to the fugitives’ detention and arrest.
Singleton said the information came late Sunday night. Couple had been in Evansville since May 3, according to Wedding.
