back to the department of corrections. 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. sheriff singleton says white was brought back to the detention center in february. inmates have come forward with new information about the two of them. they were saying he was getting special treatment. he was getting privileges, getting extra food on his trays that vick ki white saying that he got that other inmates weren t getting. reporter: austin williams says there should have been extra eyes on casey white and anyone who was associating with him. now he s worried more people could be hurt by white while he s on the run. no one is in safe who is in contact with him. he could sna
he could snap at anything. that s it. reporter: we reached out to casey white s attorneys multiple times over the past week and we have yet to hear response. friday, alabama governor adding an additional $5,000 reward for information leading to the capture and arrest of casey white and vicky white, bringing their joint total for reward up to $25,000. christi, alex? thank you so much. criminologist and attorney casey jordan with me now. casey, it is good to see you again. sadly talking about this case, though. but i want to jump off that point that there are, as i understand it, some protective actions that have been taken for potential targets of his. is it likely that he would go to a place that he knows to try to go after somebody he did not get before? i don t think he would be that foolish. i mean a lot of planning went into this escape. it was not impulsive. it appears that casey and vicky
missing corrections officer and an inmate who is facing murder charges. authorities announce that i had located the car that they previously believed that vicki white and casey white, who are not related, were traveling in. the car had been in a tennessee tow lot for about a week. it s a roughly two-hour drive north from where the two disappeared at a county jail in florence, alabama. cnn s nadiamiro on casey white s violent past. reporter: casey white is scheduled to stand friel tr capital murder trials related to the 2015 death of connie ridgeway this summer. last friday he escaped forcing ridgeway s family including her son through a roller coaster of emotions. my feelings are all over the place. not sleeping well. reporter: white s criminal history date bax to 2010. court documents allege he beat his brother in the face and head
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
look for casey white who is 6 9 . he ll stick out like a sore thumb. you can t miss somebody that tall. consider that casey white may have changed his appearance and color to dark brown or black and occurs to me in talking with other law enforcement on this, you might want to look for a woman pushing a man in a wheelchair because you can t tell how tall somebody is when they re sitting down. so, we need to consider different scenarios of what they could look like right now, where they could be so that everyone is on the lookout for this couple. okay. two questions here for you, one is vicky white was described as an exemplary employee. she had respect of her colleagues. she had an unblemished record. i think you re uniquely equipped to try to profile vicky white. first, what do you make of her? secondly, kate ivy said they pose a major threat to the public. do you think he poses a threat to her? yeah.