Casey White pleads guilty to jail escape with corrections officer Vicky White
Casey White pleaded guilty to his jail escape, which precipitated a multiday manhunt that ended in the death of a corrections officer who authorities said helped him. Casey White pleaded guilty Thursday to his 2022 jail escape, which precipitated a multiday manhunt that ended in the death of a corrections officer who authorities said helped him break out of the Alabama detention center. White, 39, was charged with escape in the first degree following his capture in May 2022. He was later indicted on felony murder for allegedly causing the death of Vicky White, 56, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the two were apprehended in Indiana following the 11-day manhunt, authorities said. He appeared in the Lauderdale County Courthouse on Thursday for a status hearing ahead of the murder trial, which was expected to start in June, when he pleaded guilty . Casey Jones leaves the Lauderdale County courthouse after entering a guilty plea, on May 4, 2023. WAAY "You're prob...