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Guard Helps A Killer Inmate Escape Prison(MP3_160K) · The Empire of Wealth

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Speaker 1: It's the twenty ninth of April twenty twenty two. CCTV
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records prison supervisor Vicky enter through a back door. Half
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a minute later, she comes back out with a prisoner,
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Casey White, a six foot nine giant of a criminal
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serving seventy five years for attempted murder. They quickly leave
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in the car as police scrambled to make sense of
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the situation. Vicki, a prison supervisor with a two decade
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long career and perfect record, just disappeared with a dangerous criminal.
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Police assumed that she was forced or manipulated into helping
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him escape. But that's when new evidence came to light,
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showing that she might have planned the entire thing. As
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a nationwide manhunt began, police would realize the rabbit hole
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went deeper than anyone expected, leading them down a dark
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path ending with Vicki found blood with a blitz in
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her head.
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Speaker 2: Therewever.
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Speaker 1: It's April twenty ninth, twenty twenty two, and prison officer
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Vicki has just told her work colleagues that she's taking
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a prisoner to a psychological evaluation at a local courthouse.
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But something isn't right. As she's transporting the prisoner alone
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despite rules mandating prisoners must be escorted by two officers
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at a time, but because of her senior position as
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a supervisor, nobody stops her and it would be six
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hours before police realize that Vicky and the prisoner are
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never coming back. Desperate for clues, police start looking into
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the man that Vicky escaped with. It was Casey White,
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a man serving seventy five years in prison for domestic violence,
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home invasion, murder, and brutally attacking a man with an axe,
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But there was one crime that stood out to police
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even more. Seven years prior to this, Casey had abused
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and manipulated his then girlfriend to a point where she
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tried to escape from Casey's vicious hands. After they successfully
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made it to her friend's house, Casey would break into
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the house with two guns and full intent to murder
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them both. Luckily, they both escaped and survived his vicious attack.
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But that's when Casey fled the scene and began a
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series of carjackings across several states until finally getting into
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a tense standoff with multiple police officers.
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Speaker 2: Down dis relaxed a little bit. Hope he's there, Hi,
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gis I will get you a time drop.
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Speaker 3: If you obey sales yet bake up, you don't get
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the whole doot on you.
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Speaker 1: It's unusual, but the cops rolled a drink and a
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pack of cigarettes towards Casey, hoping this would calm him
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down and avoid a shootout. Miraculously, this actually worked, and
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the cops were able to move in and make an arrest.
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His interrogation gave cops an even clearer view into just
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how insane this man.
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Speaker 3: Was, avery way a secure saying I couldn't write no
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longer hand?
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Speaker 1: Do you regret what you did tonight?
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Speaker 3: I agree?
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Speaker 1: I think too. And police now had a clear picture
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of who Vicky just helped escape prison. But how does
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Vicky fit into all of this? She works at a
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completely different prison, and there's no plans for Casey to
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ever see outside these walls again. Well, one year later,
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Casey confessed to a murder, resulting in him being moved
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to a different prison. This kicked off a series of
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events that would eventually result in Vicky's death. The murder
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that Casey confessed to was a four year old cold case.
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It's unclear why Casey owned up to it now, but
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he was able to give specific details that nobody but
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the killer could have known, and after a short trial,
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he was quickly transported to a new prison, the same
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one where Vicky worked. Vicky is fifty six and has
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been divorced for several years and put her heart and
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soul into her job. She was a model employee and
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popular among her colleagues, but her life had become boring
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and lonely. She wanted to change, and when Casey showed up,
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that's exactly what she got. They slowly began to talk
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more and develop the connection. They bonded over their shared
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lance name and began to think that they were destined
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to be together. She started coming in on her days
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off and was noticeably happier. Despite having a great life
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on paper, Vicky had become enchanted by her feelings for
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Casey and was ready to throw it all away to
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be with a dangerous criminal. But how can this happen? Well,
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it turns out it's not as rare as you might think.
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Some people are attracted to dangerous people they know they
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could kill them at any moment, but feel special knowing
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that they choose noth On top of that, Vicky had
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started to feel trapped in her day to day life
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and as though she had nothing to live for, if
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she could make a break with Casey, it'd at least
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be exciting, even if it did mean throwing everything away.
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While Casey was serving at Lauderdale, Vicky allowed him unrestricted
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access to parts of jail that prisoners aren't normally allowed
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to see, including areas that aren't covered by security cameras.
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Many speculate this is where the pair were intimate with
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each other and formed their plan to escape. Even at
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this point, Vicky still had no idea that this would
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turn out to be the worst mistake of her entire life.
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Three days before their escape, they decided to do a
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test run after Vicky told her colleagues that Casey had
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an appointment with a judge at the courthouse. Of course,
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there was no appointment, and they just sat in her
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patrol car for nine minutes before returning. But now they
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know this works and they're ready to make preparations for
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the real thing. Two days before there was escape, there
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spotted on camera passing notes. It's thought that this was
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them discussing the final part of their escape plan, but
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by the time this footage was discovered, it was already
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too late. By April twenty ninth, twenty twenty two, everything
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was in place and they're ready to make their escape.
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As Vicky holds a senior post at the prison, she
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has certain powers that she's about to take advantage of.
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She arranges to send twelve innates and five deputies to
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court on the day of the escape, leaving her as
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the last remaining officer in the prison with transport privileges.
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She then tells her bosses that Casey has to be
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taken for a mental health evaluation. Looking at the surveillance footage,
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it's clear something was up. Vicky has her firearm with her,
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something that is strictly forbidden inside the prison walls. She's
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also walking in front of Casey instead of behind him,
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showing she trusts him not to harm her. By helping
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Casey to escape, esteemed prison officer, Vicki has thrown everything
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she had away and in one pivotal moment, has become
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a criminal.
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Speaker 2: Ky's always been a good girl at school. We've gotta
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be other people were involved, and Dicky's just escapegoat. You
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knew her, you loved her. I feel like if she
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had anything to do with it, it was definitely love.
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Speaker 1: Vicky and Casey casually walk out of the prison into
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a patrol car and drive away to freedom. It took
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six hours before anyone noticed they're missing. When the prison
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calls the courthouse to see what's taking so long, they're
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told that there is no appointment, and they come to
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the horrible realization that Casey has made a break for
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freedom To evade the authorities. They quickly ditch the patrol
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car and flee the state, and the cops now have
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no clue where they are, where they're going, or how
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to find them, marking the start of an eleven day
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manhunt that will span the nation. On day one of
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Vicky and Casey's escape, the cops try to find clues
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at Vicky's home, but she's nowhere to be seen. In fact,
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she doesn't even own the house anymore. As part of
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her plan, she sold her house for extremely cheap. With
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the money, she bought vehicles, guns, and, most suspiciously, men's clothing.
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This is the first indication the cops have that Vicki
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doesn't intend on coming back and is ready to start
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a new life with Casey. Things don't get any better
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for detectives when the patrol vehicle they used to escape
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is found abandoned at a local shopping mall, and even worse,
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there's no surveillance footage covering that area of the parking lot,
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so they don't even know which direction they went. But
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on day two of the manhunt, a tip off from
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her family blows this case wide open, as it's revealed
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Vicki has been renting a storage unit. Police are able
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to locate the storage unit and discover that she was
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renting it with a burner phone, but despite their best
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effort to track this new number, the cops came up
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with nothing. But the existence of this new phone is
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the first solid evidence that cops have showing Vicky planned
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this all along and was actually a willing participant instead
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of a hostage. Did you get since they were actually
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being discovered, he was not forcing her an equay? Right? No,
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he was not forced for her.
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Speaker 2: It was a mutual relationship.
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Speaker 1: You'd think that this would help the investigation, but things
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only get more insane and confusing from here on out.
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After realizing that they're essentially back to square one, the
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cops returned to the shopping mall where they found the
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abandoned patrol car and decided to comb through all the
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surveillance footage from the days leading up to the event.
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That's when they spot Vicky a few days before the escape,
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parking a car in a nearby parking lot. And this
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isn't her usual car either, It's one she bought only
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a couple days earlier, a two thousand and seven Ford
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Edge that the cops quickly realized had to be their
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getaway vehicle. But when police went back to the parking
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lot and the supposed getaway vehicle was still there, they
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realized that Vicky had left a decourt Police had just
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lost their only clue while giving Vicki and Casey a
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five day head start. But since they abandoned the Ford,
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the cops assumed that they have to have found another
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vehicle in the area, and lo and behold, they quickly
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picked up another lead. A homeowner nearby told them he
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sold his Ford F one fifty pickup truck to a
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man who approached his house on the day Vicki and
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Casey went missing. That man is described as being around
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six feet nine inches tall and looked exactly like the
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picture he was shown. Now all they have to do
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is find that Ford F one fifty and bring this
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man hunt to an end, and thanks to another lead,
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they're closing in. On day six, the owner of a
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car wash in Indiana noticed something strange. A Ford f
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one fifty had been parked in one of the cleaning
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bays for an unusual amount of time, and he suspects
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this vehicle has been abandoned. Unfortunately, this is before a
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search was initiated for the truck, but something still not right.
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This pickup truck is far too nice to have been
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dumped by anyone sane, and the owner quickly grew suspicious.
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In order to find out, he checks out the car
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wash surveillance footage and what he finds will help the
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cops finally capture their two fugitives. That's Casey getting out
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of the pickup and he's acting very strangely. He's waiting
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for Vicky and she's in that car driving just out
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of shot. When Casey gets in the new vehicle, leaving
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their pickup and driving off, the owner knows they're up
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to no good and calls nine to one one.
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Speaker 2: There's the truck been putting in my bay, and yesterday
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at three o'clock I looked at the camera. Then the
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guys kind of suspicient. It's a truck in college. Got
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entity right, the flight com it and I've got him
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on camera.
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Speaker 1: The next day, cops arrive at the car wash and
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initiate a search of the truck. The return to the
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dodge yep, yea with nothing to go off of. The
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cops quickly leave the scene and the pickup is towed away.
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It takes four days for this vital lead to get
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back to detectives, but when it does, they drop everything
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and head straight to Evansville. On day ten of the hunt,
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they're due to arrive at the car wash at nine am,
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but fail to show up on time, frustrating the car
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wash owners so much that he takes matters into his
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own hands and calls the local press.
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Speaker 2: So then nine thirty they're not here. So I said,
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I get on the phone and Flox news. I said,
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y'all want a store, Yeah, we like the store STI
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I got one. I got a convict over h at
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my car wars. I got him on camera. He said,
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you talking about the one in Kentucky. I said, no,
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I'm talking about the one in Alabama with the girl.
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He said, okay, we'll be right there. They showed up.
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Now you got there ten minutes before the Marshall.
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Speaker 1: US Marshalls arrived during the media frenzy, and when they
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take a look at the surveillance footage, they realize they've
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found the car Vicki and Casey could still be driving, Cadillac,
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and one that Vicki and Casey think is completely unknown
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to the cops. It seems like their days on the
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run are numbered, but even with the leads they have,
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they come up with nothing, and the cops are starting
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to realize their fugitives could be anywhere in the country,
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but as it turns out, they're closer to home than
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anyone thinks. Back in Evansville, on Day eleven, a cop
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is on his way home from a long shift when
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he sees a familiar looking vehicle parked outside of Motel
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forty one. It looks like the same Cadillac from the
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car wash, and he hastily takes down the license plate.
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The problem is the license plate of the Cadillac scene
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that the car wash was never seen, so they have
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no way of knowing if it's the same vehicle, But
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they do have the license plate of the recovered F
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one fifty, so grasping its straws. They decide to run
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that through their license plate reader, and when they do,
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they strike gold. Several traffic cameras have picked up the
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F one fifty and following it in nearly every shot
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is a Cadillac, a Cadillac whose license plate perfectly match
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the one at Motel forty one, right in front of them. Finally,
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by sheer luck, the cops have found their fugitives. All
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they have to do now is bring them in. First,
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Deputy Marshals find strategic positions around the motel. They're all
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in plane clothes and unmarked vehicles, hoping to be as
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covert as possible. But while the cops surround them, Vicky
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and Casey are in room one fifty watching the TV
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and horror right as the discovery of the Ford half
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one fifty HiT's the news. The plan was to bring
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Vicky and Casey in quietly, but before they get a
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chance to put their plan into action, Vicky walks out
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of the hotel room and throws a bag into the Cadillac.
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She's followed by Casey, and even though they're in disguise,
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there's no mistake in Casey White's massive frame Casey gets
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behind the wheel and the Cadillac takes off. The cops
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plan has been completely foiled once again, but they've got
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a backup. They're going to follow them and try to
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box them in to avoid a confrontation, but before they
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get a chance, they realize they've been spotted. Casey turns
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onto US Highway forty one and hits the accelerator, taking
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the cops on a chase across traffic and through parking
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lots until he manages to make a break for freedom
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by driving straight through and open fields. At around the
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same time, police dispatch receives a call from none other
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than Vicky herself, and it gives you an idea of
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how terrifying this chase really is. Hostile a police vehicle
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forces Casey to drive straight into a ditch, and this
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pursuit is brought to a sudden hault. But it's far
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from over, as cops know the pair are armed and
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could open fire at any point in some kind of
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Bonnie and Clyde inspired shootouts.
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Speaker 3: Are cut black worthy, physician, Please check them a lot, please,
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She's that's a best woman in quarrel right there. Please,
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that's the best woman in glorrel Vicky.
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Speaker 1: I'm so sorry by me. I'm so sorry by anybody
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in this world.
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Speaker 3: In't de sorry, but she don't when she's sappy in
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me but dying, don't blame you.
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Speaker 1: I'm a high outfielder.
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Speaker 3: He's like your fast everybody else.
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Speaker 1: Finally, after eleven days, the manhunt has come to an
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end and they've got Casey unharmed in handcuffs. But Vicki
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met a much more devastating end. Just two weeks ago,
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she was an upstanding member of society, an esteemed prison officer,
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respected by those around her. Now she's a fugitive laying
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in a criminal stolen car, conscious but with devastating injuries.
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Speaker 2: Are Davis your hand.
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Speaker 3: The winter handle?
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Speaker 1: Good?
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Speaker 3: Yeah?
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Speaker 2: Here to well?
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Speaker 1: I think we're gonna get the gun.
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Speaker 2: A little open that here?
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Speaker 1: We got cover?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's opening, it's opening.
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Speaker 1: You wanna go for the gun?
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Speaker 3: Car? All right? For I got it?
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Speaker 1: I got it. She's been shot in the head, and
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Casey claims she took her own knife. When cops get
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a better look, they find her finger is still on
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the trigger of the gun. Later that day, Vicky was
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pronounced dead and in nearby hospital. We'll never really know
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what the two had planned for their life together after
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their escape, whether they wanted to go off the grid
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and settle down or live the rest of their lives
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on the run. Well, it turns out Casey never planned
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to keep Vicky around at all. He described her as
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a liability and someone that didn't have the mind for
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this sort of thing. It's likely that she would have
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been ditched shortly after this point or killed by Casey anyway.
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As he was found guilty of first degree prison escape
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and sentenced to life behind bars, he'll be ninety eight
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years old before he gets a chance at parole, so
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this terror of a man will likely be off the
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streets until the day he dies.