April 18: Prison guard Vicky White sold her Lexington home. Public records revealed that she sold the property for $95,550, which was below market value. After the sale she went to live with her mother.
April 28: Vicky files the retirement paperwork with Lauderdale County Jail officials. According to Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton, she had been discussing retirement for months and “talked about going to the beach.”
Break before prison: In the week leading up to the escape (specific dates unknown), Vicky bought men’s clothing at a Kohl’s store and visited a sex shop. It is unclear if she purchased anything from the adult toy store.
Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly claims she also withdrew $90,000 in cash from a series of bank accounts.
April 29 at 5:21 amam: Vicky checks out of a Quality Inn Florence, Alabama.
8:47 am: Transport Van 5 leaves the Lauderdale County Jail with seven inmates, accompanied by two deputies
8:56 am: Transport van 2 leaves the jail with five inmates, also accompanied by two deputies
9:20 am: Assistant Warden Vicky White tells a deputy to prepare inmate Casey White for transport to the courthouse. The deputy takes White out of his cell, takes him to the booking department, handcuffs him and chains his legs.
9:41 am: Vicky leaves the detention center with Casey and goes to the courthouse for a “mental health evaluation.” She told the booking officer that she is the only available deputy who has a firearms certificate and that she is dropping him off with other deputies at the courthouse. Vicky says she will then go to Med Plus for a personal appointment.
9:49 am: Surveillance video shows Vicky’s police car parked in the nearby Florence Square shopping center parking lot eight minutes after leaving jail. “There wasn’t enough time for them to even try to get to the courthouse,” Sheriff Rick Singleton said.
11:34 am: An officer from the Florence Police Department spots her cruiser.
3:30 PM: The booking officer reports to administration that they tried to contact Vicky to check on her, and her phone goes straight to voicemail. The officer also says Casey was not returned to the detention center with any other inmates.
About 11pm: College Grove, Tennessee resident Jackie Adams finds Vicky’s SUV – with tinted windows and no tags – abandoned at her house. She reported the vehicle to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, which had it towed.
May 1: US Marshals offer a $10,000 bounty – now rising to $25,000 – for Casey
3rd of May: US Marshals have issued an arrest warrant for Vicky. charging her with permitting or facilitating escape in the first degree in connection with murder
4th of May: Vicky and Casey were seen driving around Florence in a police car guarding gas stations
6 May: Tennessee police discover that the seized SUV belonged to Vicky, prompting a force of U.S. Marshals, Williamson County Sheriff’s Officers, and SWAT members to return to the Adams property.
Drones and helicopters descended on Adams’ home, where they remained for hours and well into the evening.
2:15 p.m: The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office tweets “there is NO sign the two are still in our area.”
May 7: Connolly reveals the investigators’ theory that Vicky Casey, dressed as a woman, is rolling around in a wheelchair. Officials also suspect that Vicky is disguising herself as an older woman in a gray wig.
The 9th of May: US Marshals search for the couple in Evansville, Indiana after authorities found a vehicle reported stolen in the area of Tennessee where Vicky’s SUV was abandoned.
The couple is then caught after a brief chase in Evansville, Indiana. Casey White surrenders. Vicky White is taken to hospital with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Source: WAAY TVLauderdale County Sheriff’s Office, NewsNation, TODAY and DailyMail.com