SHOCKING PLEA DEAL for Casey White After Jailhouse Lovers Hole up in Hotel With Take-Out, Sex Toys

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🗓️ 3 June 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Casey White, the Alabama inmate freed by corrections officer Vicky White, reached a plea deal in connection with his escape.

White pleaded guilty to first-degree escape in exchange for no prosecution for felony murder, meaning he will not be tried for his lover’s death. Jailer Vicky White commits suicide as cops close in on her and fellow fugitive Casey White.

Authorities tracked down the Alabama outlaws to a motel in Evansville, Indiana. The pair attempted to flee when they realized police had found them, which led to a chase. A released 911 call appears to contain the last words of Vicky White. As sirens screech in the background, a woman’s voice says, "Airbags are going off! Let’s get out and run! We never should have left the hotel."

Dashcam video also reveals that when the vehicle rolled over, police could see that Vicky was holding a gun to her head. “She still has the gun in her hands,” one officer says in the video, “Finger’s on the trigger.”

Vicky White was hospitalized and died hours later. Casey White was extradited back to Alabama, where he has been charged with MURDER. He is already facing capital murder charges in connection with the death of Connie Ridgeway in 2015.

Sentencing for his escape is June 8. White is expected to receive a life sentence.

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James Shelnutt - 27-year Atlanta Metro Area Major Case Detective and Former S.W.A.T. officer' Attorney: The Shelnutt Law Firm, P.C.; Twitter: @ShelnuttLawFirm
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Brittany Harry - Reporter/Anchor, WAAY 31 (Huntsville, AL); Twitter: @BrittanyHarryTV, Facebook: "Brittany Harry News"
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0:38.8	Crime stories with Nancy Grace
0:45.6	Love behind a prison bars turns deadly. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for
0:53.2	being with us here at Fox Nation and Sirius XM111. The infamous Alabama inmate Casey White,
1:02.7	who stages a bizarre and almost unbelievable breakout from jail, with the help of his female lover
1:14.9	and now dad, jail boss, Vicki White. In the last hours, a stunning turn of events.
1:25.7	During a routine courtroom hearing regarding the case of Casey White, the convicted felon unexpectedly
1:35.3	goes to a mic and apologizes to jail boss Vicki White's family, admitting in open court
1:44.3	to the stunning escape that led to a wild nearly two week manhunt last spring.
1:54.5	Then everything changes in exchange for a guilty plea to first-degree escape, Casey White, 39 years old,
2:04.7	gets a sweetheart deal of prosecutors dropping the murder charge he was facing in his lover,
2:12.9	Vicki White's death. This very unplanned plea deal hastily arranged when Casey White appeared at
2:21.2	the courthouse thirsty for a routine status hearing. Now, after the defense went to prosecutors with
2:27.5	a potential resolution, the DA's office went to Vicki White's family. Now, according to what we have
2:36.5	learned, Vicki's family relieved that the entire ordeal is almost over and that it's all behind them.
2:46.9	Or is it? What really happened?
2:50.8	A female jail guard apparently helps a killer, a 36 escape and both have seemingly vanished off the face of the earth.
3:02.6	First of all, take a listen to our friends at WVT in 13.
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