FLORENCE - Attorneys for Casey Cole White have asked for a change of venue in his June 12 murder case in the death of former assistant director for the Lauderdale County Detention Center Vicky White.
Vicky White died from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head on May 9 after the vehicle she was driving crashed while she and Casey White were being pursued by law enforcement in Indiana.
The indictment comes from an Alabama law that includes escape among offenses that can lead to a felony murder charge if someone dies because of such an act.
Casey White is serving a 75-year prison sentence for attempted murder and other charges at the time of his escape. He had been in the Lauderdale detention center for court hearings in his capital murder charge in the 2015 death of Rogersville resident Connie Ridgeway.
He and Vicky White left the detention center on April 29, leading to a nationwide manhunt.
The capital murder trial is set for Aug. 14.