Amid the continued manhunt, investigators have not too long ago realized that corrections officer Vicky White stayed at a lodge, which is positioned near the place a getaway automobile was parked, the night time earlier than she assisted capital homicide suspect Casey White escape from jail.
Whereas talking with native Alabama information station WHNT-TV on Thursday, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton stated Vicky White spent the night time at a lodge positioned close to Florence Boulevard, simply earlier than the 2 disappeared from the Lauderdale County Jail on April 29. Regardless that the 2 have the identical final identify, they aren't associated, in accordance with authorities.
The sheriff additionally advised the station that the 2007 "orange or copper coloured" Ford Edge, that the pair is believed to be presently touring in, was discovered parked in quite a bit that was close to the lodge that the corrections officer stayed in on the night time of April 28. Investigators additionally launched a video displaying Vicky White's squad automobile driving previous a fuel station close to Florence Boulevard. The squad automobile was ultimately deserted in the identical car parking zone that the 2007 Ford Edge was parked the night time prior, Singleton advised WHNT-TV.
The U.S. Marshals Service can be providing rewards for the arrests of each Casey White ($10,000) and Vicky White ($5,000).
Previous to his escape, Casey White was detained within the Lauderdale County Jail forward of his upcoming court docket date for capital homicide expenses, following the deadly stabbing of 58-year-old Connie Ridgeway in September 2020.
"He was already serving a 75-year sentence for a 2015 crime spree that concerned house invasion, carjacking, and a police chase. White confessed to the homicide and was awaiting trial on the Lauderdale County Jail when he disappeared," the U.S. Marshals Service stated.
Based on the U.S. Marshals Service, Vicky White bought her house a month in the past, and has been dwelling together with her mom ever since.
Singleton was additionally requested by WHNT-TV why he thinks the corrections officer stayed in a lodge the night time earlier than the escape. "That is simply mainly, strictly, my very own opinion," the sheriff stated. "I believe she did not need to face her mom that morning, understanding that she was going to go away."
Singleton additionally speculated that the pair shouldn't be more likely to nonetheless be within the close by space. "After all, they could possibly be proper down the road, you understand how that's. If I knew the place they have been at, that is the place we might be. However my intestine feeling is that they are out of this space," he stated.
Newsweek reached out to the U.S. Marshals Service for remark.
WHNT-TV additionally spoke with Lauderdale County District Legal professional Chris Connolly who stated that Casey White and Vicky White will face expenses for the escape as soon as they're discovered.
"He will be charged with escape within the first diploma, which is a (Class) B felony," Connolly stated, noting that these expenses can be on high of those he is already dealing with. "She may be charged as an confederate to that as nicely. Plus, there is a separate cost in opposition to her for aiding within the escape."
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