Manhunt
The Search For
Vicky & Casey White
On April 29th, 2022, at 9:41 a.m., Vicky White, the Assistant Administrator and sixteen-year veteran of the Lauderdale County Detention Center in Lauderdale County Alabama, walked Casey White (no relation), a convicted felon serving 75 years with the Alabama Department of Corrections and awaiting trial on a capital murder charge in the death of Connie Ridgeway, out the detention center door. A model employee with an unblemished record, the escape caught her supervisors, co-workers, and even her own family totally off guard.
On the run for eleven days, the escape caught the attention of the national media and, ultimately, by media outlets around the world. With a six-hour lead and nothing to go on, the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Marshals Service Gulf States Regional Fugitive Task Force sprang into action.
About The Author
RICK L. SINGLETON
Rick Singleton began his law enforcement career at the age of 21 as a Reserve Deputy Sheriff with the Lauderdale County Alabama Sheriff’s Office in September 1972. He was later hired as a corrections deputy at the jail and promoted to Deputy Sheriff in February 1973. After working for the office approximately five years he ran for sheriff in 1978, coming in fourth in a twelve-man race.
After the election he continued his law enforcement career with the Florence Alabama Police Department where he rose through the ranks to become the city’s police chief in 1996, a position he held until his retirement in 2012. He ran for sheriff again in 2014 and was elected by an overwhelming margin, becoming the county’s first Republican sheriff. He was also the only sheriff in the county’s history to run unopposed when he ran for re-election in 2018. He retired in 2023 ending a law enforcement career that span fifty years.
