When Vicky White, a highly respected corrections officer, aids the escape of a violent felon nearly twenty years her junior, it reveals an unexpected love story amidst the ensuing high-profile manhunt and media frenzy. Watch on Netflix:
Another look at a Lauderdale County jail escape and manhunt that captured the attention of North Alabama - and the world - in 2022 is coming to your screen.
“Jailbreak: Love on the Run” hits Netflix on Sept. 25. The streamer says: “In this gripping documentary, an Alabama corrections officer falls in love with a man awaiting trial for murder and risks it all to help him escape.”
In other words, the story of Casey White and Vicky White.
Vicky White was assistant director of corrections at the Lauderdale County Detention Center when she disappeared April 29, 2022, with Casey Cole White, an inmate accused of capital murder. She told them she would be transporting Casey White alone to the courthouse.
She didn’t tell them she was helping him escape so they could begin a life together.
They were eventually found May 9 in Evansville, Indiana, and arrested after a brief police pursuit. Vicky White died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, while Casey White was taken into custody. (Much more on the case HERE)
The Netflix documentary includes audio recordings of Casey White and Vicky White. Snippets included in the trailer are:
Casey White: “You’re my queen. You’re my everything.”
Vicky White: “I wish I could kiss you right now, so bad.”
There’s also audio of Vicky White saying she’s going to get Casey White “out before long.”
There’s also, as one participant in the documentary says, “quite a bit of phone sex” between the pair.
According to Netflix, the documentary includes the participation of Vicky White’s former co-workers and other inmates. Former Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton, who was Vicky White’s boss, also appears.
One participant describes it all like this: “It’s a disgusting romance novel is what it is.” Watch the trailer above or
The case previously has been featured in an ABC News “20/20” documentary and movies on Lifetime and Tubi.
Casey White and Vicky White (Screengrab from Netflix)
