Details emerge about Vicky White, Casey White escape plot

Vicky White reportedly went purchasing for males’s garments and visited a intercourse toy store earlier than she helped her inmate boyfriend escape – resulting in an 11-day manhunt that led to her suicide and his seize.

Details about the previous Alabama jail honcho’s purchasing spree emerged throughout an intensive interview US Marshal Marty Keely gave about her ill-fated journey with Casey White.

At first, authorities believed the homicide suspect might need kidnapped Vicky, the assistant director of corrections for Lauderdale County, however quickly realized her cowl story about taking him to a mental-health analysis was a ruse. 

Keely then sprung the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Job Drive into motion and began gathering leads.

The primary break got here when a fellow jail employee reported that Vicky had referred to as and requested to be picked up at an Academy Sports activities + Outdoor retailer in Florence, Alabama.

She stated she had locked her keys in her automotive and wanted a experience to work, Keely stated.

Within the retailer’s car parking zone, investigators discovered the patrol automotive during which Vicky had left the sheriff’s workplace hours earlier with a handcuffed Casey within the backseat, he stated.

It was additionally the place surveillance footage confirmed she had staged the orange getaway Ford Edge she had purchased with money just a few days earlier.

Vicky had already bought her home for $95,000, far under the market worth, bought her automotive and filed for retirement, Keely stated.

She had additionally purchased an AR-15 assault rifle and a shotgun so as to add to her 9mm service semiautomatic and a .45-caliber handgun.

Investigators later discovered that Vicky had purchased males’s garments at a neighborhood Kohl’s division retailer and in addition visited a retailer that sells intercourse toys, in keeping with the information outlet.

Two legislation enforcement officers stated that Vicky had additionally left the jail with Casey beforehand in what investigators imagine was a dry run for the escape.

She had taken him out of the lockup for about 40 minutes, the officers instructed the outlet on situation of anonymity.

Nonetheless, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton refuted that account in an interview with NewsNation, saying there was no proof Vicky had taken Casey out of the jail earlier.

Earlier than lengthy the Bonnie and Clyde duo had made it out of state and had been practically 200 miles away.

Suggestions started to movement in however nothing panned out till a tow truck driver from Tennessee reported that he had towed the Ford Edge three or 4 days earlier and that it was nonetheless in his tow yard, Keely stated.

The subsequent break got here when a home-owner in rural Tennessee acknowledged a photograph of Casey and helped authorities piece collectively what had occurred.

He instructed police he bought Vicky a Ford F-150 pickup truck for money. It didn’t have license plates, however she didn’t care, the person instructed investigators, in keeping with Keely.

“He says, ‘Yeah, I bought him a truck,’” Keely stated of the house owner. “And so, we discovered that he bought him a truck the identical day that they escaped from the Lauderdale County Correctional Facility. And it was just some hours after they’d escaped.”

Throughout the sale, a girl in an orange Ford pulled up and the 2 drove off trailing each other, stated the house owner, who supplied the pickup truck’s car identification quantity, in keeping with Keely.

The 2 deserted the Ford Edge and made their option to Evansville, Indiana, the place Casey deserted the pickup at a automotive wash.

They then paid a homeless man to lease them a motel room, paying money upfront for a 14-day keep. They had been residing below the assumed alias within the motel and had purchased a 3rd getaway car, a Cadillac sedan.

The automotive wash supervisor first observed the deserted truck on Could 3 and located it odd the car was nonetheless there the subsequent morning. A police officer who checked it out decided the car wasn’t stolen and that there was nothing they might do.

One other break got here Sunday as a result of the officer had written the VIN in a report and Keely’s crew noticed it. His fugitive crew descended on Evansville, working with fellow deputy marshals in Indiana.

The crew ultimately discovered the Cadillac on the Motel 41 and positioned it below surveillance.

Vicky quickly emerged in a wig, alongside her 6-foot-9 beau, Keely stated. They hopped within the automotive and drove off with the marshals secretly tailing them — however the officers had been noticed, in keeping with Keely.

The transient pursuit ended when the officers rammed the automotive, which flipped over.

“Airbags are gonna go off and kill us!” Vicky was heard yelling in a 911 name as she instructed Casey they need to run. “Get us again to the f—- lodge!” 

Seconds later, she turned the gun on herself.

“Please assist my spouse, she simply shot herself within the head,” Keely stated Casey yelled. It wasn’t clear why he referred to Vicky as his spouse.

Vicky was pronounced useless at a hospital and Casey was returned Tuesday evening to Alabama.

With Submit wires