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Over the past several weeks, multiple inmates have escaped from jails across the country.

More than 65 people are on a waitlist for the motel room where Casey White and Vicky White stayed in Evansville, Indian.

Murfreesboro resident Austin Williams will forever be grateful for stranger James Stinson. He’s the owner of the Evansville car wash and the man who spotted the pickup dumped by Alabama fugitive Casey White.

(WEHT) – Authorities have confirmed U.S. Marshals are investigating a vehicle caught in Evansville that may be connected to an escaped Alabama jail inmate and a wanted corrections officer.

Escaped inmate Casey White is now back in Alabama. The capital murder suspect is appearing in a special court hearing.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — Casey White and Vicky White led police on a chase that ended abruptly in a crash, leaving Vicky with a gunshot wound and Casey with non-life threatening injuries. Evansville Central Dispatch released the audio recording of Vicky White’s 911 call she made as they tried to escape during the pursuit. That […]

Escaped inmate Casey White is in custody after an 11-day statewide manhunt that ended with a car chase, crash and the death of a female corrections officer who authorities say broke him out of jail. But what’s next for Casey White?

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) — New details have been released following the death investigation of Vicky White, the Alabama corrections officer who helped an inmate escape. Vanderburgh County Coroner Steve Lockyear determined White died of single self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. He says the manner of her death has been ruled a suicide. Vicky and […]

The murder suspect and his jailer who evaded authorities for more than a week after walking out of an Alabama lockup were carrying $29,000 in cash, four handguns and an AR-15 rifle and were prepared for a shootout when they were captured, an Indiana sheriff said Tuesday. The escaped convict Casey White showed no remorse […]

The capture of Casey White and Vicky White is thanks in part to a man who works at an Indiana car wash and tipped off investigators.

Authorities have confirmed U.S. Marshals are investigating a vehicle caught in Evansville that may be connected to an escaped Alabama jail inmate and a wanted corrections officer.

The disappearance of Alabama correctional officer Vicky White and her apparent plot to help inmate Casey White escape from jail has mesmerized true crime fans across the nation. Here is what we know about the case.

As the nationwide manhunt for escaped inmate Casey White and assistant director of corrections Vicky White stretches on, Sheriff Rick Singleton is revealing new details about his former employee.

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — An escaped Alabama inmate had a “special relationship” with the jail official authorities believe assisted in his escape, a sheriff’s office said Tuesday. A manhunt was underway for Casey White, who was awaiting trial on a capital murder case, and Vicky White, a jail official, after the pair vanished after leaving […]

Authorities issued an arrest warrant for a corrections official who they say helped an inmate arrested on a murder charge escape from an Alabama jail.

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities issued an arrest warrant Monday for a jail official who they say helped an inmate awaiting trial on a murder charge to escape from an Alabama jail. A search was on for the pair. Inmate Casey Cole White, 38, was shacked and handcuffed when he and Vicky White, the facility’s […]

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — As crews gained on the wildfires in California wine country, new blazes broke out in other parts of the state, including a fire in the mountains above Los Angeles that threatened a historic observatory Tuesday and more flames in the Santa Cruz mountains. Firefighters on the ground and in the air […]