Alabama inmate Casey White and jail official Vicky White had "phone sex" and hundreds of calls before escape, sheriff says
An Alabama inmate who authorities say escaped with the help of a jail supervisor who later killed herself in Indiana shared nearly 1,000 phone calls with the woman before the breakout, a sheriff said this week.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said Casey White and Vicky White, who were not related, may have planned his escape over the phone, but authorities must listen to each of 949 calls before making a determination.
Authorities have said the two were in a romantic relationship and Singleton said some of the calls were sexual in nature.
"We're in the process of listening to those calls to see if there's any information there that might help us,'' Singleton said, according to AL.com. "The only thing I know for a fact was that they had some phone sex."
The phone calls occurred after Casey White was transferred from the Lauderdale County Jail to a state prison where he was held until being returned to Lauderdale County before the escape, the sheriff said.
Casey White walked out of the county jail in handcuffs in April accompanied by Vicky White, the assistant corrections director, prompting an 11-day search for the pair. On the day of the escape, Vicky White, 56, told co-workers she was driving the inmate to a mental health evaluation.
The two were eventually discovered in Evansville, Indiana, where Casey White was captured. Vicky White shot herself in the head moments before the man was arrested, authorities said.
As officers pulled them from the wreckage, Casey White blurted out, "Please help my wife, she just shot herself in the head," authorities said.
Casey White, who was jailed on a capital murder charge at the time of the escape and also serving time on other convictions, was charged with escape and murder in her death. The defense has filed documents suggesting Vicky White was in charge of the escape and Casey White's mother has claimed he might not have known what was going on.
