An Alabama corrections officer and fugitive inmate were captured in Evansville, Indiana following manhunt

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An Alabama corrections officer and a fugitive inmate who garnered national attention after they went missing in late April were captured Monday afternoon, the Evansville Courier & Press reported.

Last week, the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office launched a manhunt for Assistant Director of Corrections Vicky White, 56, after she went missing in late April while transporting an inmate Casey White, 38, who was being held on capital murder charges. Casey White has no relation to Vicky White.

The county jailer and inmate were located earlier Monday after authorities received a tip Sunday night that the pair were captured in surveillance footage with a black 2006 Ford F-150 at Weinbach Car Wash in Evansville, Indiana, about 219 miles from where the pair initially went missing.

They had initially been traveling in a 2007 Ford Edge, which was found abandoned in Williamson County, Tennessee, last Thursday.

Marshals pursued the vehicle driven by Casey White, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said, per a report by local news outlet AL.com. During the police chase, the vehicle was overturned and Casey White was taken into custody, according to Keely.

Vicky White was hospitalized Monday after sustaining a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding said, describing her injuries as “very serious,” local news outlet WAAYTV reported.

“This has ended a very long and stressful and challenging week and a half,” Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said during a press conference. “It ended the way we knew it would — they are in custody.”

“He [Casey White] will be in a cell by himself,” Singleton continued. “He will stay in handcuffs and shackles while he’s in that cell and if he wants to sue me for violating his civil rights, so be it. He’s not getting out of this jail again. I’ll assure you that.”