00:00She was a highly respected, 17-year corrections veteran on the verge of retirement.
00:05He was a violent, 6-foot-9 convict serving 75 years for a brutal crime spree.
00:12On April 29, 2022, Vicki White walked him right out of an Alabama jail,
00:18sparking a chaotic, 11-day nationwide manhunt that exposed a secret romance.
00:24This is the mind-bending story of how a trusted officer threw her life away for a monster.
00:30To understand how this happened, we have to look at who these two people actually were.
00:35First, let's look at Casey Cole White.
00:38Born in 1983, Casey was a towering, 6-foot-9-inch criminal with a history of extreme violence and white
00:47supremacist tattoos.
00:48In 2012, he was locked up for beating his own brother with an axe-sledgehammer handle.
00:54By 2016, he was handed a massive 75-year sentence for a brutal crime spree that included attempted murder and
01:02robbery.
01:03But it gets worse.
01:05In 2020, while serving that time, Casey confessed to the 2015 stabbing murder of 59-year-old Connie Ridgway.
01:13He was transferred to Louderdale County Jail in Florence, Alabama, to stand trial.
01:20But once there, he recanted his confession, pleading not guilty by reason of insanity.
01:26And that is where he met Vicki Sue Davis White.
01:29Vicki was 56 years old.
01:32She was the assistant director of corrections at the jail, highly respected and trusted implicitly.
01:38She was even set to win, employee of the year, for a fifth time.
01:43So, how did they cross paths?
01:46Behind the bars, Casey was known for trying to elicit sympathy from prison staff.
01:52And with Vicki, it worked.
01:54Somewhere around 2020, a secret romantic relationship blossomed.
02:00Investigators later discovered Vicki was giving Casey Major special treatment,
02:04extra food, special privileges, and endless attention.
02:08And as April 2022 approached, Vicki was preparing her exit strategy.
02:14She was set to retire on Friday, April 29th.
02:18But she didn't just submit her paperwork.
02:21She sold her four-acre property for a mere $95,550, less than half of its actual $235,000 value.
02:31She used the quick cash to buy firearms, men's clothing, and multiple getaway vehicles.
02:38She was planning the ultimate retirement package.
02:42The morning of April 29th, 9.30am.
02:46It's Vicki's last official day on the job.
02:49She loads Casey into a patrol unit.
02:52He is in handcuffs and leg shackles.
02:55Vicki tells her co-workers she is taking him to the county courthouse for a scheduled mental health evaluation.
03:03After that, she says she's going to see her doctor because she isn't feeling well.
03:08Now, jail policy strictly states that an inmate like Casey must be escorted by two deputies.
03:15But because of Vicki's high-ranking position, no one questions her.
03:19Just eight minutes later, a local gas station's security camera captures her patrol car driving by.
03:27It would be hours before anyone realized they were gone.
03:31When the pair failed to return, panic set in.
03:35Deputies checked the courthouse schedule.
03:37There was no evaluation.
03:40There was no doctor's appointment.
03:42At first, authorities terrified themselves with the thought that Vicki had been kidnapped or coerced by the violent giant.
03:50But as the investigation unfolded over the next few days, the devastating truth emerged.
03:56Vicki hadn't finalized her retirement paperwork.
04:00She had liquidated her assets.
04:03Warrants were issued for her arrest.
04:06The hunt was no longer just for an escaped killer.
04:09It was a nationwide manhunt for a rogue officer and her lover.
04:14For 11 days, Vicki and Casey stayed one step ahead of the FBI and U.S. Marshals.
04:20They abandoned their first getaway car, a Ford Edge, in Tennessee.
04:25To blend in, Vicki ditched her classic blonde hair.
04:29She bought a dark, long-haired wig and dyed her hair dark.
04:33They switched to a blue 2006 Ford F-150 pickup truck and headed north, bouncing from motel to motel.
04:41Eventually, they made it to Evansville, Indiana.
04:44To keep their names off the grid, they paid a homeless man $100 to check into a motel room for
04:51them, booking a 14-day stay.
04:52But you can only run from the law for so long when your faces are plastered on every television screen
04:59in America.
05:01On May 9th, a car wash employee in Evansville spotted them washing their pickup truck on surveillance footage and alerted
05:08authorities.
05:09Soon after, police spotted the couple getting into a gray Cadillac DTS.
05:14An officer spotted the Cadillac parked at Motel 41 and called for backup.
05:19As Vicki and Casey pulled out of the motel parking lot, with Casey behind the wheel, police moved in.
05:26A high-speed chase erupted down U.S. Highway 41.
05:31Desperate, Casey veered onto a grassy field.
05:35But the police weren't letting them go.
05:37A patrol vehicle rammed the Cadillac, sending it flipping violently into a ditch.
05:43The chase was over.
05:45But the tragedy was just beginning.
05:48As heavily armed officers surrounded the overturned car, Casey White surrendered immediately.
05:54But inside the vehicle, Vicki White was dying.
05:58She had turned a gun on herself, suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
06:04As police pulled Casey from the wreckage, he screamed.
06:08Please help my wife.
06:10She shot herself in the head, and I didn't do it.
06:13Despite his claims, there was no record of the two ever being married.
06:18Vicki was rushed to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead hours later.
06:23She was 56 years old.
06:26Vicki White's body was returned to Alabama.
06:29A woman who spent 17 years building an impeccable reputation as an award-winning corrections officer was laid to rest
06:37at Center Hill Cemetery, her legacy forever tarnished.
06:41As for Casey, he was extradited back to Alabama the very next day.
06:47Originally, prosecutors charged him with felony murder for Vicki's death under Alabama's felony murder rule, which holds co-conspirators liable
06:56if someone dies during the commission of a felony.
06:59However, in May 2023, Casey struck a plea deal.
07:04He pleaded guilty to first-degree prison escape, and in exchange, the murder charge was dropped.
07:10The bizarre and tragic story of Vicki and Casey White captured the public's imagination in a way few modern crimes
07:17have.
07:18In Evansville, the specific motel room where the couple stayed became an overnight sensation, with a waiting list of over
07:2560 bookings from true crime tourists.
07:28Hollywood quickly took notice, too.
07:31Tubi released the film Prisoner of Love, Lifetime Aired Bad Romance, The Vicki White Story, and Netflix released the hit
07:39documentary Jailbreak, Love on the Run.
07:42It is a stark, haunting reminder of how easily a lifetime of public service and good standing can be dismantled
07:49by a dangerous infatuation.
07:51What do you think drove Vicki White to throw away her career, her life, and her freedom for a convicted
07:57killer?
07:58Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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