ATHENS, Ala. – An Alabama man who was almost murdered by Casey Cole White described the escaped convict as “hunter-like” and warned he is aware of how one can conceal — as he in contrast the accused killer to Charles Manson and Ted Bundy.
“He'll actually do something and the whole lot, together with killing, together with kidnapping, together with killing animals and placing kids in peril, to get what he needs,” Charles Abernathy instructed The Submit late Thursday.
“And of all folks to flee, this dude might be the worst stage that you could possibly presumably let escape.
“You’ve bought like Manson and also you’ve bought friggin’ like Bundy and all these loopy folks. He's on that stage for me.”
Abernathy, 37, testified towards White throughout his 2019 trial on tried homicide and kidnapping prices stemming from a 2015 crime spree and stated he’s nervous the profession prison will “hunt” him down after White escaped from the Lauderdale County jail per week in the past.
Casey and his obvious confederate — 56-year-old assistant director of corrections Vicky White — have been lacking since final Friday morning and seem to have vanished and not using a hint.
“Casey White is sweet sufficient to not be caught,” Abernathy stated. “He stalked our home for days earlier than he got here in … he’s very hunter-like.”
Abernathy was watching a horror film together with his boyfriend at their house in Athens on the night of Dec. 2, 2015, when Casey, toting a gun in every hand, out of the blue burst via the door with a plan to kill his ex-girlfriend, who’d been dwelling on the house.
As the girl’s kids slept within the basement, Casey chased after her and held her, Abernathy and his boyfriend at gunpoint.
“Get down! Get down! Get down!” Casey demanded as he pointed his firearms of their path, Abernathy recalled.
Together with his face down on his mattress, Abernathy started to hope for his life.
“I simply knew it was over,” he stated.
All of a sudden, Abernathy’s canine Missy Britches, a bloodhound and German shepherd combine, burst into the room and bit Casey, startling him sufficient that the trio was capable of escape.
Casey’s ex bolted out the again door and Abernathy and his boyfriend fled via a toilet window.
“Missy Britches, she ran. She heard what was happening … she is the true heroine of the story. Why, she saved our lives,” Abernathy stated.
“If it wouldn’t have been for her, I'm 99.999% certain we'd have died that night time. Really, no, I’m 100% certain we'd in all probability died that night time.”
The trio have been capable of escape to security at a neighbor’s home, however tragically, Missy Britches was shot a number of occasions by Casey and bled to demise earlier than assist might arrive.
“[She was] tremendous loyal, she would by no means chunk a soul,” Abernathy recalled as he started to cry.
“We buried her truly on that land as properly, as a result of we felt like … she was, , a protector there and she or he nonetheless is, I believe.”
Casey was arrested later that night time following an hours-long standoff with police and was convicted for the crime in February 2019 and sentenced to 75 years behind bars.
Abernathy had by no means met Casey earlier than that night time however stated he discovered sufficient concerning the madman from his ex, who's now in hiding.
He warned that the born and bred “nation boy” is thought to put on camouflage and will probably be powerful for US Marshals to trace down.
“If I had the means, I'd pack my stuff and get my canine and I'd go so far as potential from the state of Alabama,” Abernathy instructed The Submit.
As for Vicky, the correction officer who apparently absconded with Casey, Abernathy had one query: “Why?”
“What I’m afraid of is she’s not even alive anymore,” Abernathy stated.
“To me, she was a way to an finish.”
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