Vicky White’s apparent suicide investigated: Alabama jailer found with gun in her hand, Indiana sheriff says

A sheriff in Indiana said although it appears former Lauderdale County corrections officer Vicky White died Monday night as a result of a suicide, the coroner’s office has yet to make an official determination.

“The coroner’s office will do an investigation and they will determine if it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound,” Vanderburgh County, Ind. Sheriff Dave Wedding said Tuesday on NBC News’ TODAY.

“The initial indication (is) that it was, but we won’t rule anything out until we have a thorough investigation by the coroner,” Wedding said.

Members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force met with the Indiana sheriff’s office on Monday, Wedding said.

Wedding said the Monday afternoon chase that led to the capture of escaped inmate Casey White was “very short” and began after an officer spotted a vehicle matching one linked to the pair.

“They were in a grassy area, so three of our task force members actually rammed the vehicle and pushed it into a ditch, so it ended up on its side,” Wedding said.

“As they approached the vehicle, it was obvious that the female driver was unconscious and still had a weapon in her hand. And they removed the murderer from the vehicle simultaneously,” Wedding added.

Casey White was booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail at 1:42 a.m., according to the jail log.

Northern District of Alabama U.S. Marshal Marty Keely, in an interview with CNN Monday night, said that after the crash “we got Casey White out who immediately announced that his wife had shot herself in the head and that he didn’t do it.”

Keely said that the pair was not married.

Ashley Remkus /al.com/tns Sheriff Rick Singleton told reporters that Vicky White is wanted on a warrant charging her with first-degree permitting or facilitating an escape. The charge is a felony.

Paul Gattis/al.com/tns Assistant jail director Vicky White in 2016 shows a holding cell for inmates awaiting transfer.