The Alabama inmate who escaped with the assistance of a corrections officer beforehand vowed to kill his ex-girlfriend and her sister if he ever acquired out of jail, officers mentioned Thursday.
The U.S. Marshals Service, which is providing as much as $10,000 for info resulting in the seize of the inmate, Casey White, mentioned the menace was made earlier than he obtained a 75-year sentence for a 2015 crime spree that concerned a house invasion, carjacking and police chase.
“He made threats towards his ex-girlfriend and her sister, warning that if he ever acquired out, he would kill them and that he wished police to kill him. USMS and native legislation enforcement authorities have been in touch together with his potential targets to advise them of the threats and the escape and have taken applicable protecting actions,” the company mentioned in a information launch.
Officers in Limestone County, Alabama, at the moment are reexamining an investigation into the demise of a lady Casey White dated, NBC affiliate WAFF of Huntsville reported.
Michelle Williamson with the Limestone County Sheriff’s Workplace advised NBC Information that it’s reviewing the 2008 demise of Christy Shelton on the request of her household. Casey White was with Shelton when she was shot within the chest with a shotgun, WAFF reported. Her demise was dominated a suicide.
Casey White, charged with capital homicide in 2020 within the stabbing of 58-year-old Connie Ridgeway, has been on the run since he escaped from the Lauderdale County Detention Heart on April 29 with the assistance of Vicky White, the previous assistant director of corrections, officers mentioned.
Casey White, 38, had confessed to the 2020 homicide and was awaiting trial when he disappeared with Vicky White.
U.S. marshals are providing as much as $5,000 for the previous officer’s seize. Vicky White, 56, is wished on a cost of allowing or facilitating the escape of an inmate.
She and Casey White will not be associated.
U.S. marshals launched new images of the pair, some exhibiting what Vicky White would seem like with shorter and darker hair and others exhibiting Casey White’s tattoos.
“He has quite a few tattoos … together with some affiliated with the Alabama-based white supremacist jail gang Southern Brotherhood,” U.S. marshals mentioned of Casey White, who’s 6 ft, 9 inches tall.
Additionally they launched images of a 2007 orange Ford Edge that they mentioned Vicky White bought previous to the escape.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton mentioned on NBC’s “TODAY” Thursday that Vicky and Casey White have had some sort of relationship for a minimum of two years. The 2 communicated on the telephone.
The pair ought to be thought of harmful and will presumably be armed with an AR-15 rifle, handguns and a shotgun, in keeping with officers.
Vicky White was because of retire on the day the pair vanished, officers have mentioned. She had not too long ago offered her house.
Singleton confirmed that Vicky White is now not with the sheriff’s workplace. He didn’t say if she had been fired.
