Casey White prison escape
| Date | April 29 – May 9, 2022 |
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| Location | Lauderdale County Jail, Florence, Alabama, U.S. |
| Type | Jail escape, manhunt, suicide by gunshot |
| Motive | Romantic/Intimate relationship |
| Participants | Casey White and Vicky White |
| Outcome |
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| Deaths | 1 (Vicky White) |
| Non-fatal injuries | 1 (Casey White) |
| Charges | Casey White:
Vicky White (charges dropped after death):
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| Verdict | Pleaded guilty |
| Convictions | First-degree prison escape |
| Sentence | Life imprisonment with the possibility of parole |
The jail escape of Casey White took place on April 29, 2022, when White, who was awaiting trial in a capital murder case, escaped the Lauderdale County Jail in Florence, Alabama, United States. Corrections officer Vicky White (no relation) engineered and facilitated the escape by taking Casey in a car to what she claimed to her coworkers was a scheduled mental health evaluation at the courthouse. The manhunt for the pair was widely covered by American media.
Law enforcement caught up with Casey and Vicky White on May 9 in Evansville, Indiana, with the manhunt ending in Casey White crashing the car he was driving. Vicky White shot herself in the head, while Casey White was apprehended and returned to Alabama. Vicky later died from her injuries. Casey was charged with her murder under Alabama’s felony murder rule, but the charge was dropped when Casey pleaded guilty to prison escape on May 5, 2023.