An Alabama inmate was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for escaping with the help of a jail officer who ultimately took her own life as police closed in after a three-state manhunt.
Casey White, 39, told the hearing that he felt like the most hated man in the world but would not drag the name of corrections officer Vicky White, 56, “through the dirt,” the media reported. Communication.
He remembered the late jailer as the first person to care for him in six years. “We just wanted a new life together because she knew the truth. I can handle the truth because I know who I am,” White said. “I chose this path. It has cost me my life and freedom.”
The prisoner apologized for the historic three-state escape and said Vicky White’s only regret was leaving her family behind.
White was serving a 75-year prison term on a series of 2015 charges, including attempted murder, and was awaiting trial for capital murder when he escaped in April 2022. The couple were on the run for 11 days until Casey White was recaptured. in Evansville, Indiana.
Vicky White died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound as officers cornered them after more than a week of manhunt.
White pleaded guilty to escaping in exchange for prosecutors dropping a felony murder charge related to the death of Vicky White, and agreed to the maximum sentence of life without parole.
Casey White will also need to notify the state if he, his family or his attorneys receive book, movie or other financial opportunities related to the leak, which made national headlines, as the proceeds must be used to pay for his defense.
Meanwhile, White is still facing a capital murder trial on August 14 for the 2015 murder of Connie Ridgeway in Rogersville, Alabama. That trial was delayed in the wake of the escape, and White hired a new team of lawyers.
