First possibility of parole. white admitted to killing connie ridgeway. he was then brought to lauderdale county detention center to be arraigned on murder charges in october 2020. white pleaded not guilty. and that s where he is believed to have met and started his relationship with corrections officer white. while there, deputies discovered white was allegedly planning an escape that included taking a hostage. he was september back to paren. he was immediately returned back to the department of corrections. but he was brought back to our facility on february 25th of this year. we do know and have confirmed that they were in touch via phone during that two-year period while he was in prison and she was still working here. reporter: white was placed on the most restrictive custody level, housed in a single cell, restrained and accompanied by armed guards at all times. white was brought back to the lauderdale county detention center in february, where officer white worked ahead of t
With a ax hedge hammer handle landing him in prison in 2012. he was released nearly four years later. in october, 2015, connie ridgeway was murdered in her apartment in lauderdale county alabama. police questioned white at the time but did not charge him. and just months later, in december, white went on a crime spree that included a home invasion, carjacking and a police chase. he was indicted on 15 counts in march 2016 and later convicted on seven of those charges, including attempted murder and robbery. he was sent to prison with his first possibility of parol in 2061. but in 2020, lauderdale county district attorney says white admitted to killing connie ridgeway. he was then brought to lauderdale county detention center to be arraigned on murder charges in october 2020. white pleaded not guilty. and that s where he is believed to have met and started his relationship with corrections officer white, while there deputies discovered white was allegedly planning an escape that included
Vicky white we know, by any stretch of the imagination. reporter: the escape sparking a nationwide manhunt for the pair, who are not related. according to the sheriff, surveillance video shows vicky white s patrol car at 9:49 a.m. friday, eight minutes after the two left the jail, at an intersection that authorities say was not on the way to the courthouse. there was not enough time for them to even attempt to try to come to the courthouse and then get out there and be at that red light eight minutes later. reporter: the two reported missing nearly six hours later. her car showing up abandoned in a nearby shopping center parking lot. we consider bth of them dangerous and in all probability, both individuals are armed. reporter: 38-year-old inmate casey white serving time for a violent crime spree in 2015, had been at that jail since february, facing capital murder charges after authorities say he confessed to killing connie ridgeway. the news comes as
Take a look at 59-year-old connie ridgeway. she was killed back in october 2015, she was murdered in her apartment. and it rattled the community and it wasn t until five years later until 2020 that the their arrive s office says that casey white confessed to killing ridgeway.theirarrive s office s casey white confessed to killing ridgeway. wl listen to her son explain the emotions that came up again. it does really bring it all back, the shock, and you just kind of wonder how it is possible. there is a part of me that knows that justice will be served and you just have to leave to god and leave to law enforcement to do their jobs to bring them in. but it is not something that i thought i would experience again. so casey white is facing capital murder charges in connection to the death. he confessed to killing connie