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US authorities capture fugitive inmate, prison guard

Capture comes after intense 10-day manhunt that riveted America



In this file combination of pictures created on May 2, 2022 shows Assistant Director of Corrections Vicki White in an undated handout photo provided by the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office (L), and a mugshot of Casey White in a handout photo provided by the US Marshals Service.
Image Credit: AFP

Washington: US authorities said they captured Monday a fugitive inmate and a prison guard believed to have helped him escape, after an intense 10-day manhunt that riveted America.

“Casey White is in custody,” said Rick Singleton, the sheriff of Lauderdale County in Alabama, referring to the inmate that was half of the jailbreak couple believe to have been romatically involved.

The guard, Vicky White — no relation — has been taken to hospital with an injury after the arrest in Indiana, said Singleton.

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