The 911 call during a manhunt that spanned several states and ended in southern Indiana has been released.
The recording was released after authorities in the Evansville, Indiana, area were tipped off about the possible location of Casey White, 38, an escaped Alabama inmate, and Vicky White, a corrections officer, Monday evening. After being located, a car chase ensued, which ended in a crash.
The nearly 7 1/2 minute call begins with the dispatcher stating that the caller has reached 911.
Vicky White, 56, the person on the other end, instead of immediately responding to the dispatcher, makes several muffled remarks and can then be heard talking about airbags, according to audio from Fox 8.
The dispatcher then tries again to establish a conversation with her again. White responds again about airbags stating, "airbags are going off. Let's get out and run."
Seconds after White makes her second comment about airbags, what sounds like police sirens are heard on the call.
Vicky White took her own life, the Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office later confirmed.
Casey White and Vicky White had been on the run from authorities for nearly two weeks. At this time, it's unclear what led to their actions—whether the two were involved in a romantic relationship or if Casey White had threatened the corrections officer into helping him escape.
Approximately two minutes and 15 seconds into the recording, a male voice can be heard saying, "she's got her finger on the trigger." Then, around the 2:50-minute mark, that same male voice is heard saying again, "she's got her finger on the trigger. Her finger is on the trigger."
At the 4:50-minute mark, a male voice says "it looks like an exit on the top of her head." Ten seconds later, someone makes a remark about a finger on the trigger of a gun.
Then after about a minute and 45 seconds, two men can be heard stating that they are going to go for the gun. One person states that the "gun is out of her hand," with a second person directing someone to "grab the gun."
The recording ends with one person ordering others to "pull me out."
On Tuesday evening, Casey White was returned to Alabama and will face additional charges for his escape. He was already serving a 75-year sentence for several violent crimes that happened in 2015.
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