Post by Admin on May 10, 2022 17:57:05 GMT
A former corrections officer accused of helping a capital murder suspect escape from an Alabama jail last week died Monday after a police chase ended in a car crash in Indiana, authorities said.
The ex-officer, Vicky White, 56, was pronounced dead hours after the crash, Vanderburgh County Coroner Steve Lockyear said.
The murder suspect, Casey White, 38, surrendered to authorities after the wreck, Rick Singleton, the sheriff of Lauderdale County in Alabama, told reporters earlier.
The U.S. Marshals Service said when Casey White came out of the car, he exclaimed: "Please help my wife. She just shot herself in the head, and I didn’t do it."
Vicky and Casey White were not related, Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding said Tuesday on NBC’s “TODAY” show.
While the initial information indicates Vicky White shot herself, the sheriff said that "we won’t rule anything out until we have a thorough investigation by the coroner."
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, Lockyear said.
Vicky White was pronounced dead at a hospital in Evansville, Indiana, shortly after 7 p.m. local time, Lockyear said. He didn’t say how she died.
“This has ended a very long, stressful, challenging week and a half,” Singleton said.
Casey White was taken into custody after he was seen on a security camera washing a Ford F-150 pickup in Evansville.
The business owner provided authorities with security camera images, and the agency confirmed they showed White, the Marshals Service said.
Officials had previously said the Ford F-150 was the vehicle White was driving when the crash occurred, but the pair appeared to have been in a different vehicle.
Officials have said Casey White had a "special relationship" with Vicky White, the former assistant director of corrections at the Lauderdale County Jail. Authorities said they had a relationship for at least two years and communicated over the phone.
The ex-officer, Vicky White, 56, was pronounced dead hours after the crash, Vanderburgh County Coroner Steve Lockyear said.
The murder suspect, Casey White, 38, surrendered to authorities after the wreck, Rick Singleton, the sheriff of Lauderdale County in Alabama, told reporters earlier.
The U.S. Marshals Service said when Casey White came out of the car, he exclaimed: "Please help my wife. She just shot herself in the head, and I didn’t do it."
Vicky and Casey White were not related, Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding said Tuesday on NBC’s “TODAY” show.
While the initial information indicates Vicky White shot herself, the sheriff said that "we won’t rule anything out until we have a thorough investigation by the coroner."
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, Lockyear said.
Vicky White was pronounced dead at a hospital in Evansville, Indiana, shortly after 7 p.m. local time, Lockyear said. He didn’t say how she died.
“This has ended a very long, stressful, challenging week and a half,” Singleton said.
Casey White was taken into custody after he was seen on a security camera washing a Ford F-150 pickup in Evansville.
The business owner provided authorities with security camera images, and the agency confirmed they showed White, the Marshals Service said.
Officials had previously said the Ford F-150 was the vehicle White was driving when the crash occurred, but the pair appeared to have been in a different vehicle.
Officials have said Casey White had a "special relationship" with Vicky White, the former assistant director of corrections at the Lauderdale County Jail. Authorities said they had a relationship for at least two years and communicated over the phone.
