On the run Alabama prison guard Vicky White and convicted murderer Casey White may be going to extremes to cover their identity, with authorities even suspecting that Vicky is rolling Casey, dressed as a woman, around in a wheelchair.
That’s one theory Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly is working on, according to News Nation. Connolly also described White as ‘smart’ and ‘frugal’ and that she was someone who could have $90,000 in the bank when she withdrew after the escape.
They believe that Casey might be put in a wheelchair to distract people from noticing his 6ft9in frame.
Officials also suspect that Vicky, 56, might be disguising herself as an elderly woman with a grey wig.
Police said they were ‘back to square one’ Friday in their search for Casey and Vicky, after finding the pair’s abandoned escape vehicle.
White, an Alabama prison guard with a spotless record, is suspected of helping long-time criminal Casey White – the two are unrelated – of escaping custody one week ago on her last day of work before retirement.
However, her former employee Tyson Johnson, says that he’s not surprised and that ‘no one’ is that White was capable of this, calling her smart and calculated.Police believe the pair had developed a romantic relationship, and their disappearance from the Lauderdale County Jail has captivated the nation.
Rick Singleton, the sheriff of Lauderdale County, said at a press briefing Friday that the couple’s escape vehicle, a rust-colored SUV, was identified outside Nashville, Tennessee, about two hours away from the jail.
‘I think this was a very well thought out plan,’ said Singleton. ‘We’re sort of at a loss.’
Singleton noted that Vicky was divorced but still living with her ex-husband, who died of Parkinson’s earlier this year. He wonders if grief may have struck Vicky and led to this.
The sheriff of Williamson County, where the SUV was discovered, said in a tweet earlier Friday that ‘there is NO sign the two are still in our area.’
Investigators have also learned that White had sold her home in the weeks before the escape, and had withdrawn about $90,000 in cash from several banks in the area, Singleton said.We’re having to do a nationwide search. And we’ve got boots on the ground across the country, following up on tips and leads for us through the U.S. Marshal’s fugitive task force,’ Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton told Al.com.
‘So it’s just a matter of time. We’ll get them. Obviously, the sooner the better.’
On Thursday, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton – Vicky’s boss – says the search for the pair is intensifying but they still have no ‘clue where they’re at’
On Thursday, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton – Vicky’s boss – says the search for the pair is intensifying but they still have no ‘clue where they’re at’
Authorities have warned that the pair are ‘armed and dangerous’ and that Casey White is a ‘bad guy’ – having confessed to killing a 59-year-old woman back in 2015 while serving a 75-year sentence for other crimes.
Deputies in Limestone County will open an investigation into the death of his ex-girlfriend Christy Shelton.
On Thursday, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said the search for the pair continues across the country, but he revealed that local and national authorities have no idea where the two could be.
‘We don’t really have a clue where they’re at,’ he told Al.com.
He continued: ‘I don’t know what their game plan was. It’s obvious this was very well planned out. It could be they’re just holed up somewhere waiting for things to die down.’
The sheriff added that his department has brought in counselors for their colleagues, some of whom are still in shock – despite what Johnson said – that the stellar employee of 17 years could have run away with a confessed killer the day she was set to retire.
Inmates allege Vicky ensured Casey ‘was getting extra food on his trays’ and ‘was getting privileges no one else got,’ a claim that Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton told CNN has been confirmed by an independent investigation.
‘As far as we know that was the earliest physical contact they had,’ Singleton said of the arraignment. He claims Casey and Vicky continued to communicate after the accused murderer was transferred back to the prison.
But cops and federal agents have launched a huge manhunt and drip-fed more information about the duo – including that the jailer had two aliases herself.
The manhunt comes as Casey’s ex-girlfriend begged Vicky to flee the killer, warning her she was not safe with himSheriff Singleton, who described Vicky as ‘an exemplary employee,’ issued a plea to the former jail guard, asking her to turn herself in.
‘Vicky you’ve been in this business for 17 years, you’ve seen this scenario play out more than once and you know how it always ends,’ Singleton told Good Morning America Wednesday.
In 2020, Casey’s request to be transferred out of prison and into the county jail was denied after authorities found a makeshift knife stashed in the shower that they believed he intended to use to force someone to let him out
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In 2020, Casey’s request to be transferred out of prison and into the county jail was denied after authorities found a makeshift knife stashed in the shower that they believed he intended to use to force someone to let him out
‘Now go ahead and end it now, get to a phone and call 911, turn yourself in and help us get Casey White back behind bars because you know that’s where he’s going to eventually end up.’
The sheriff said that as of Wednesday morning, investigators ‘don’t have any idea where they might be.’
‘We were making some good progress on that. We may be hindered now that some of that information has gotten out,’ Singleton explained. ‘But, you know, we’re still working around the clock to locate them and try to get them back in custody.’
The sheriff also noted, despite hopes of her colleagues and superiors at the Lauderdale County Jail, all signs suggest Vicky willingly participated in the escape.
‘The pieces of the puzzle just came together,’ he said.
‘I think all of our employees and myself included were really hoping that she did not participate in this willingly. But all indications are that she absolutely did.
‘We’re very disappointed in that because we had the utmost trust in her as an employee and as an assistant director of corrections.’
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