An Alabama felon who escaped prison last year with the help of a jail official who later shot herself in the head rather than face arrest, according to authorities, has been sentenced to life in prison.
Casey White, 39, addressed a Lauderdale County courtroom Thursday after pleading guilty to escape in exchange for a felony murder charge involving
Vicky White’s death being dropped.
He agreed to the maximum sentence of life without parole.
“I feel like the most hated man in the world. I loved Vicky and I wouldn’t drag her name through the mud for anyone in this courtroom,” White told the court, according to WHNT.
“Vicky took me out because she said, ‘Right was right. Wrong is wrong.’ First person to show me affection. First person to give me a hug in six years.”
“I apologize to her family because she said that’s the only thing she regretted… leaving her family,” he reportedly added.
The pair was on the run for 11 days following Casey White’s escape from the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence in April 2022.
Law enforcement eventually caught up to them in Evansville, Indiana.
Rather than face arrest, Vicky White — who worked as the assistant director of corrections at the jail — shot herself in the head, according to authorities.