Manhunt Ends With Vicky White Dead, Casey White In Custody

The 11-day saga involving an Alabama prisoner who escaped with the help of a corrections officer came to a violent end today in Indiana.

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Convicted felon and confessed murderer Casey White was apprehended following a brief car chase in Evansville that ended with corrections officer Vicky White dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.

“The pursuit was very short,” Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding Wedding said on TODAY Tuesday.  “It went up a major artery in Vanderburgh County, and they cut across a parking lot at a large factory. They were in a grassy area, so three of our task force members actually rammed the vehicle and pushed it into a ditch so it ended up on its side.”

“As they approached the vehicle, it was obvious that the female driver was unconscious and still had a weapon in her hand. And they removed the murderer from the vehicle simultaneously,” Wedding said.

The U.S. Marshals Service told NBC News that Casey White emerged from the wrecked car and told authorities, “Please help my wife, she just shot herself in the head, and I didn’t do it.”

White’s cause of death is being investigated, but authorities believe she shot herself in the head.

“The coroner’s office will do an investigation, and they will determine if it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” Wedding said. “It’s the initial indication that it was, but we won’t rule anything out until we have a thorough investigation by the coroner.”

Vanderburgh County coroner Steve Lockyear said an autopsy is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Tuesday and more information will be available then.

Wedding said Tuesday that an Evansville police officer initially spotted the vehicle that matched the description of one they allegedly started driving on May 3 after swapping vehicles. An investigation into the car led to the chase.

Casey White was originally held at Lauderdale County jail in Alabama and was awaiting trial for two counts of capital murder.  The two Whites disappeared after she transported him from the jail on April 29.”

This has ended a very long, stressful, challenging week and a half,” Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said.

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