US police said on Friday they were “back to square one” in their hunt for an “extremely dangerous” detainee who escaped a week earlier and his alleged accomplice, and announced the discovery of the vehicle with which the two fugitives had ran away.
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Vicky White, model prison officer, last Friday helped a long-time criminal, Casey White — the two are not related — to escape from the Alabama prison where he was serving a 75-year sentence and waiting in apart from being tried for murder.
This run on a background of romance fascinates the Americans, over the revelations day following day.
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The rust-colored SUV the pair fled with was identified not far from Nashville, Tennessee, regarding a two-hour drive from the jail, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said Friday during an arrest. ‘a press conference.
The vehicle had in fact been discovered abandoned on the same day of the escape, last Friday, and towed away without the pound officer realizing it was the wanted car.
It took until Thursday evening for her to be identified.
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“We are sort of back to square one,” said the sheriff, explaining that he did not know by what means of transport Vicky White and Casey White had continued their run.
There was “nothing in the car” to guide the search, he also said, noting that there had been “an attempt to repaint” the vehicle.
“It was a very well thought out plan,” he said. “We are a little distraught”.
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The sheriff of Williamson County, where the SUV was discovered, had earlier tweeted that there was “no sign that the two (wanted persons) are still in the area.”
Investigators also learned that Vicky White, 56, who sold her home in the weeks before the escape, withdrew approximately $90,000 in cash from several area banks, Sheriff Singleton confirmed.
The investigation revealed that she used an assumed name to buy the SUV found on Thursday, and she is likely to use this scheme once more, warned Rick Singleton.
She might also have dyed her hair, warned the federal agency specialized in the search for fugitives, by broadcasting a montage showing her with dark hair.
Police also released new photos of inmate Casey White, including one showing a tattoo tied to a white supremacist prison gang, depicting a Confederate flag, a symbol of the southern United States’ slave past.
The bounty offered by the authorities in exchange for any information that might lead to the arrest of the two fugitives has been increased to $25,000, the sheriff said.
