Soon afterwards, Casey and Vicky drove off, triggering a police pursuit that ended in a rollover wreck.
While speaking to CNN, U.S. Marshal Marty Keely failed to say what color wig Vicky White, the former Alabama corrections officer accused of helping Casey escape more than a week ago, had on, but noted that she and Casey had gotten into a Cadillac and left the hotel site.
Keely said that “rolling surveillance” on the pair continued, and that a short time later, the brief chase ensued.
The pursuit didn’t last long, as the Cadillac crashed and rolled over.
“We got Casey White out who immediately announced that his wife had shot herself in the head and that he didn’t do it,'' Keely told CNN.
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It was unclear Tuesday who owned the Cadillac, butVickywas behind the wheel.
Police do not believe Vicky and Casey were married. Investigators are looking into the circumstances that led to Vicky’s shooting death.
Tips led authorities to the Evansville, Ind., hotel were the two were holed up.
Wedding emphasized that further investigation is needed to definitively conclude that she shot herself. Police did not fire their weapons during the pursuit.
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Last week, it was revealed that a warrant had been issued for Vicky’s arrest on charges of permitting or facilitating escape in the first degree, forgery in the second degree and identity theft.
Casey and Vicky vanished the day after Vicky filed paperwork for her retirement. April 29 was her last day of work, and Vicky sold her house a month ago.
source: people.com