Who was Vicky White’s ex-husband, Tommy White?
AN Alabama correctional officer named Vicky White helped a dangerous convict with whom she'd had a "special relationship" escape from a correctional facility.
Vicky White died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head on May 9, 2022, after realizing she and felon Casey White were caught.
Who was Vicky White?
Vicky White was a corrections officer from Lexington, Alabama.
She was 56 when she died. White worked as an assistant director of corrections at the Lauderdale County Jail.
She helped Casey White escape from the facility on April 29, 2022. Casey White had been incarcerated for numerous violent crimes and was meant to stand trial for murder.
Despite having the same last name, the two were not related.
This led police to a multi-day, multi-state manhunt for the duo, ultimately ending in Indiana.
Vicky White was known to all at the Lauderdale County Detention Center as an "exemplary" employee.
She was nominated by her peers as an employee of the year several times during her tenure there.
Who was Vicky White's ex-husband, Tommy White?
Vicky White married Tommy White in 2002.
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Six years his junior, Vicky White formed a close relationship with Tommy's mother, Frances White.
Vicky eventually left Tommy, citing drug addiction. Though the two were divorced in 2006, Vicky and Frances maintained a friendly relationship.
In an exclusive interview on May 4, 2022, Frances told The U.S. Sun that she was "worried" about Vicky and that she was "shocked she [was] even capable of doing something like this."
"I always thought of Vicky as a daughter," Frances said previously.
"I've known her since she was a little girl ... But I hate seeing her doing this."
What happened to Tommy White?
Vicky White's ex-husband Tommy White died in January 2022, following a battle with Parkinson's disease.
He was 62 years old.
In an interview with , Frances White said that she was "just proud he wasn’t still alive, 'cause he still thought she was a good person."