Kim Chandler And Mike BalsamoA murder suspect who surrendered after a weeklong flight with his jailer ended with her mortally wounded in an Indiana ditch waived extradition on Tuesday and will be swiftly sent back to Alabama, an official said.
An attorney representing Casey White in his capital murder case, Jamy Poss, declined comment Tuesday on the arrest, saying he was still trying to find out what had happened in Indiana.Casey White appeared in court by video and “will be immediately extradited. Most likely he will be moved as quickly as possible,” Jess Powers, director of the Vanderburgh County Cyber Crime Task Force, told The Associated Press.
Before Vanderburgh County Coroner Steve Lockyear announced her death, the sheriff in Alabama had said he hoped to get answers from his once trusted jail employee.“I had every bit of trust in Vicky White. She has been an exemplary employee. What in the world provoked her, prompted her to pull a stunt like this? I don’t know. I don’t know if we’ll ever know,” Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said.
“We dispatched our people into the area of the car wash and observed the vehicle at a hotel,” Keely said. Casey White was serving a 75-year prison sentence for attempted murder and other charges at the time of his escape. He was awaiting trial in the stabbing of a 58-year-old woman during a burglary in 2015. If convicted, he could face the death penalty.