The prison officer and the inmate who escaped from prison reportedly had a relationship for two years, before fleeing together.
Until then, the relationship between Vicky White and Casey White had not been revealed. If they have the same last name, this prison officer and this inmate are not officially related. The man managed to escape from the prison in which he was being held in Alabama with the help of the officer, under the eyes of the administration. Vicky White came to pick him up on the pretext that she had to drive him to a court hearing. The authorities revealed that the two had been having an affair for 2 years. Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton told NBC’s “Today” that the officer – who was due to retire the day she was involved in the escape – notably communicated during those years by calling her straight to jail. He added, however, that “the relationship may be older.”
Vicky White reportedly sold her house for $100,000 a month before helping the prisoner escape and emptying all of his accounts. She also allegedly bought a 2007 Forde Edge, in which the two allegedly fled. The car was found empty a few days later.
“He is certainly armed and extremely dangerous”
The profile of 38-year-old Casey Cole White is all the more disturbing as he reportedly promised, if he was free again, to kill his ex-girlfriend, forcing her in recent days to live under protection. Along with Vicky White, they would also be equipped with an AR-15, handguns and a shotgun. Last Thursday, the US Marshals in charge of the investigation revealed several photos of the fugitive. We see in particular his tattoos, distinctive signs of belonging to a gang of white supremacists from Alabama, the Southern Brotherhood. “He is certainly armed and extremely dangerous,” the Marshals said.
The inmate was charged with murder in September 2020 after he attacked a woman, 58-year-old Connie Ridgeway, with a knife. He was already serving a 75-year sentence for a series of crimes in 2015 for which he was convicted of shooting a person and a dog. His mother, Connie White, told the “New York Post” earlier this week that her son “is innocent and not a monster.” “I don’t know why people describe it like that,” she said.