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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Josh Marcus

Casey White ‘crying’ as prison guard ‘wife’ Vicky White who engineered escape is buried

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Casey White, an Alabama inmate who led authorities on an 11-day manhunt after escaping county jail with the help of correctional official Vicky White, is devastated over the loss of his prison “wife,” after Ms White shot herself on Monday as police closed in on the couple during a car chase.

“I spoke to him yesterday and he was crying and saying he couldn’t believe she was gone,” Connie Moore, Mr White’s mother, told The Daily Mail, adding that Vicky was “really, really good to him–just being there for him, talking with him. They had a real thing.”

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