Alabama are preparing to begin the process of extraditing murder suspect and convicted felon Casey White back to Lauderdale County after he and the corrections officer who allegedly helped him escape jail were captured in Indiana on Monday.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton tells Fox News Digital that they hope to get him back to Alabama in the next couple of days. "There's an extradition process, he obviously has the option to waive that," Singleton said. "If he elects not to, then we've got to initiate that process through the governor's office and that can take several days up to a few weeks."Casey Cole White and Vicky White disappeared from Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, on April 29, 2022. (US Marshals) Casey White and Vicky White, the Alabama corrections officer who allegedly walked the felon out of the Lauderdale County Jail last month, were captured by a U.S.
Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Evansville, Indiana, following a high-speed chase that ended in a car wreck. The pair had been on the run for 11 days.Vicky White died Monday evening after shooting herself in the head following the chase and crash, according to Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding, whose deputies assisted the marshals in the chase.
She was 56 years old.Authorities continue to search for Casey White, the inmate from an Alabama prison who escaped with the help of jail officer Vicki White, who officials said had a "special relationship" with the inmate.