FLORENCE, Ala.—A prisoner who prompted a nationwide manhunt when he disappeared this spring from an Alabama jail has been charged with killing the corrections official authorities said helped him escape. Casey White, 38, has been indicted on a murder charge for the shooting death of Vicky White, Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly announced Tuesday….

The prisoner who walked out of an Alabama jail in handcuffs with a corrections official, prompting a manhunt that came to a bloody end in Indiana, was in the woman’s “care and custody” the entire time, his attorneys said in revealing their potential legal defense to an escape charge. Lawyers for Casey White made the…

FLORENCE, Ala.—A capital murder suspect who authorities say went on the lam for 10 days with the help of an Alabama jail official was ordered to provide a DNA sample to prosecutors. Lauderdale County District Judge Carole C. Medley did not cite a reason why the sample was needed from Casey White, but she approved…

The death of a corrections officer who allegedly helped an Alabama murder suspect escape from prison was ruled a suicide, said a coroner’s office in Indiana. Vicky White died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said the Vanderburgh County Coroner’s Office in Indiana on Tuesday evening. White is accused of aiding the escape of Casey Cole White,…

An Alabama murder suspect who surrendered after a weeklong flight with his jailer ended with her mortally wounded in a ditch in Indiana waived extradition on Tuesday. Jess Powers, director of the Vanderburgh County Cyber Crime Task Force, told The Associated Press that Casey White appeared in court by video and “will be immediately extradited….

The murder suspect and his jailer who evaded authorities for more than a week after walking out of an Alabama lockup were carrying $29,000 in cash, four handguns, and an AR-15 rifle and were prepared for a shootout when they were captured, an Indiana sheriff said Tuesday. The escaped convict Casey White showed no remorse…

WASHINGTON—Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that an escaped murder suspect and jail officer who aided him are “regarded as extremely dangerous” and the U.S. Marshals Service has taken over leading the search for the two fugitives. Law enforcement officials in Alabama have been looking for Casey White, who was awaiting trial on a capital…