The Allen County Coroner’s Office released Monday that Michael Christopher Leask, 53, died in the hospital on Oct. (WOWO): An inmate who briefly escaped custody from the Allen County Jail and was then hospitalized last week in critical condition has died. Photo Supplied/Allen County Sheriff's DepartmentįORT WAYNE, Ind.
Meanwhile, Casey’s former lawyer, Dale Bryant, said the inmate “suffers from a mental illness.” “Now we have that direction and so all of our resources are there until we have another direction to pursue,” he told the outlet.
He said that before the Ford Edge was located, they were forced to search in every direction. “Even though we are seven days after the fact of the vehicle being dumped, we have that foundation, we have that springboard starting point,” Hunt told WAAY. The scene of the crash where authorities caught up with Vicky White and Casey White. Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said the car likely was abandoned because of mechanical issues.Ĭhad Hunt, commander with the US Marshals Service’s Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force, told WAAY that the discovery of the duo’s getaway car in Williamson County, Tenn., had given authorities a more specific area to focus on in trying to hunt them down. That car was later found dumped on a rural road in College Grove, Tenn., just hours after their alleged escape on April 29. The snaps, taken at a car wash Tuesday, showed a man in a baseball cap and sunglasses believed to be Casey.Īlso on Monday, Vicky was hit with upgraded charges of second-degree forgery and identity theft for allegedly using an alias to purchase the distinctive getaway car - an orange 2007 Ford Edge. The couple’s dramatic capture took place after US Marshals released photos of a dark 2006 Ford F-150 that was found abandoned in Evansville, Indiana, WVTM 13 reported.ĭramatic video captures moment cops stop ex-jail boss Vicky White, inmate Casey White Vicky White and Casey White went across multiple states after leaving an Alabama jail.
The pair were captured after a car chase and crash.
Wedding said Vicky was driving the vehicle. She was taken to a hospital, where she died. “It’s hard to believe they’ve been here that many days, but we’re glad we stumbled on them today.”
“When this occurred, the female driver of the vehicle shot herself and the passenger was injured,” Wedding said at the press conference. Prison honcho Vicky White sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound and inmate Casey Cole White was in custody after the pair was tracked down to a hotel on a citizen tip that law enforcement received late Sunday, authorities told reporters Monday evening.Įvansville Sheriff Dave Wedding said the suspects fled in a black Cadillac when they were discovered, resulting in a chase.ĭuring the high-speed pursuit, members of the US Marshals Service collided with the truck, causing it to crash. Texas grandpa, four grandsons allegedly slaughtered by escaped inmate ID’dĪn Alabama murder suspect was captured and the jail boss who helped him escape fatally shot herself on Monday after a 10-day manhunt that ended with a car chase in Indiana, officials said. Loved ones mourn ‘close-knit’ family allegedly killed by Texas fugitive Prisoner transports paused in Texas after inmate escaped, killed family of 5: cops Escaped inmate Casey White charged with murder of ex-jail boss and lover Vicky White