US Marshals on Sunday supplied a $10,000 reward for data that helps seize the Alabama inmate who vanished with a corrections officer as she transported him to court docket for an appointment that was by no means on the books.
Accused assassin Casey Cole White and Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Workplace Assistant Director of Corrections Vicki White have been final seen at about 9:30 a.m. Friday after they left the native jail, authorities stated.
A manhunt was launched for the 2, who are usually not associated although they share the identical final title.
The escaped inmate “is believed to be a severe risk to the corrections officer and the general public,” Marty Keely, US Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama, stated in an announcement.
“Don't try to apprehend this fugitive,” stated Keely.
Casey Cole White, 38, was charged with two counts of capital homicide in September 2020 for the stabbing demise of 58-year-old Connie Ridgeway, the Marshals stated. He was already in jail on the time for a 2015 crime spree conviction involving a house invasion and automotive jacking.
The car Vicki White was transporting the inmate in was present in a shopping mall car parking zone on Friday round 11 a.m., and the sheriff’s workplace stated it was not conscious that the 2 have been lacking till mid-afternoon.
The correction officer instructed colleagues she was bringing the inmate to a psychological well being analysis — however there was no such appointment on the court docket’s schedule, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton stated Friday.
White had additionally stated that after dropping the prisoner off, she was going to hunt medical consideration as a result of she didn’t really feel effectively, Singleton stated.
She was alone when she transported the accused assassin, “a strict violation of coverage,” the sheriff stated a press convention.
White, a 25-year veteran of the division, is in control of coordinating all of the transport from the detention to the court docket, so she knew she was violating the coverage, however in all probability wasn’t questioned by subordinates, Singleton stated.
“I can let you know that each worker on this workplace is shocked,” he instructed reporters, describing department-wide “disbelief.”
The sheriff’s workplace realized White was lacking when she wasn’t answering her cellphone and calls went straight to voicemail.
Authorities stated they're investigating whether or not White and the inmate had a previous relationship.
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