The days-long manhunt for prison officerVicky Whiteand escaped inmateCasey Whitehas ended in Evansville, Ind., PEOPLE confirms.
According to multiple authorities, Casey and Vicky White — who are not related and reportedly have aromantic relationship— were located Monday when investigators followed up on a citizen tip that led them to an Evansville hotel. The suspects fled the scene, launching a police pursuit that ended with a wreck.
Currently, the extent and location of Vicky’s injuries are unknown.
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“I hope she survives it,” Sheriff Rick Singleton of Lauderdale County, Ala., said in a news conference Monday afternoon. “She has some answers to give us, and hopefully we’ll have the opportunity to get those answers.”
Casey surrendered at the scene and is in custody, Singleton said.
Casey White and Vicky White.U.S. Marshals Service via AP; Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
Police recovered the patrol car the two left the detention center in abandoned in the parking lot of a local shopping center. Surveillance footage revealed the patrol car stopped at a traffic light at 9:49 a.m., just two blocks from the parking lot where it was later found.
On Monday, it was revealed that a warrant had been issued for Vicky’s arrest on charges of permitting or facilitating escape in the first degree, forgery in the second degree, and identity theft.
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The two vanished the day after Vicky White filed paperwork for her retirement. April 29 was her last day of work, and Vicky White sold her house a month ago.
source: people.com
