NEWS4U JUNE 2022 | ENTERTAINMENT
TRUE CRIME JUNKIE WITH JOHNNY FLETCHER
BONUS EDITION! CASEY WHITE & VICKY WHITE It's unlikely that Evansville will ever get more national
Moving on... This case is so disturbing - and yet so fascinating - on so
attention than it did for being an assumed safe haven
many levels. It goes without saying that Casey White is a grade A dirt bag,
for two high-profile fugitives. But the fact that our
just a miserable human being. (Side note: His mother tends to disagree,
local law enforcement - and, most notably, a keen-
insisting that her son is simply misunderstood. In reality, according to mom,
eyed civilian (all hail the car wash manager) - figured
he's a good person who keeps getting mixed up with bad women. Aye
prominently in the capture of Casey White and Vicky
yai yai. Where to even begin?) Regardless, his involvement in this prison-
White is what really put our little corner of Indiana on
break drama is easy to understand. Like many convicts before him, Casey
the map. Let this be a lesson to all the criminals out
manipulated a guard to get things he wanted in jail and, ultimately, to get out
there: don't even think about taking up residence,
of jail. He had nothing to lose - no big mystery there. But Vicky? Guarantee
however brief, in Stoplight City! Because we will, we
she'll be the subject of numerous documentaries down the road because the
will, stop you...stop you! (A little play on Queen's "We
idea that a woman of her stature - she was reportedly a model employee and
Will Rock You" in case that failed to translate to the
well-respected - would throw it all away for a life on the run with zero chance
page.)
of a good outcome is just unfathomable. How to explain it?
As a noted true crime junkie, I still can't believe
Of course, we all know how this saga ended, with Vicky putting a bullet
what transpired in this case - incredibly, the pair's
through her brain after a brief car chase off of Highway 41. (Her final
abandoned truck was sitting at a car wash for days on
moments are sure to be debated due to the content of the 911 call.) Casey,
Weinbach Avenue just five minutes south of the News
however, surrendered peacefully, though he intended to engage in a shoot-
4U office. Madness. (Fact: I passed by that business
out with the cops were it not for the vehicle overturning. Safe to say he's not
several times during the period when the vehicle sat
a suicide kind of guy - too narcissistic. Jail must not be so bad, after all.
unattended, noticeably sticking out of one of the wash bays. If only I had looked over instead of keeping my eyes on the road like Rich Risemas taught me all those years ago at Memorial. Regrets, I've had few...) By the way, you're familiar with Casey White and Vicky White, right? I suppose I should have provided more context at the beginning but it's hard to imagine anyone in this area not being in the loop by now.
LET THIS BE A LESSON TO ALL THE
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CRIMINALS OUT THERE: DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT TAKING UP RESIDENCE, HOWEVER BRIEF, IN STOPLIGHT CITY!
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