The fugitive couple, who were on the run for 11 days, returned to Alabama late Tuesday.
Authorities brought White to the courthouse in Lauderdale County, Alabama, from where he and his wife had been hiding out for days to figure out their next move before they were captured.
After numerous leads, abandoned vehicles and a car chase, White surrendered Monday, but White's mother died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to an autopsy report. The former assistant director of corrections for Lauderdale County sold her home and planned to retire on the day she helped White escape from the Alabama jail where she worked, police said.
White appeared in court. White will be charged with escape in the first degree. White was already serving a 75-year prison sentence for kidnapping and attempted murder, and he was also facing trial on a capital murder charge.
How the Whites were able to evade police and US marshals for 11 days.
The couple evaded capture for over a week and a half with thousands of dollars in cash, several firearms and multiple vehicle swaps, according to police accounts of the search for the fugitives.
There are new details about how the Whites were able to remain on the run. An Indiana sheriff said the pair was likely aided by a third person to rent a hotel room where they could lay low. The car wash owner told police days before their arrest that an abandoned truck was on his property.
The hunt began after White told her coworkers on April 29 that she was taking White's brother to the courthouse. Authorities later said that there was no appointment and that White was breaking policy by transporting an individual prisoner.
The couple was reported missing on April 29. Within days, investigators determined that White was an accessory. In what authorities said was a jail romance, the prisoner had been receiving special privileges. The relationship was going on for two years.
Two law enforcement officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details of the investigation told the Associated Press that investigators believe that White left the jail with White for a dry run for the escape.
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The video showed that when they escaped, White escorted White into her patrol vehicle. Police said the couple switched their vehicles to an orange Ford Edge at a Tennessee towing lot after the car was found at a shopping center.
According to accounts from police and a car wash manager, the Whites had already dumped another vehicle before the Ford Edge news broke.
James Stinson, who has managed the car wash for 18 years, said law enforcement was slow to act on his concerns about a F-150 pickup he first noticed parked in a wash bay.
Normally, I just call and have them towed.
At a Tuesday news conference, Billy Bolin said that a vehicle that the Whites used was spotted in the area May 2 when a police officer was doing a routine check of license plates.
On May 4, police went to the car wash to check out the truck that the manager had reported. A check on the vehicle's license plates did not show it was stolen or involved in a crime when officers arrived.
When he returned to the car wash, he called the police again to inquire about the abandoned vehicle. The results were the same when the officer returned and ran the license plates.
Bolin and Gray said that police had not found a connection between the vehicle and the couple who fled Alabama.
Gray said the vehicle was possibly connected to a crime by the U.S. marshals. The truck was thought to have been used to commit a crime in Kentucky.
The vehicle had been involved in a crime and officers were not sure what it was. Law enforcement descended on the car wash to get evidence after marshals confirmed the Ford F-150 was linked to the Whites. The man in the video was similar to the description of the man in the video.
The sheriff said that the Whites swapped a pickup truck with a Cadillac at the car wash and took off. Wedding said that an investigator didn't think that the couple would still be in the area.
A few miles from the car wash at Motel 41, the Whites paid for up to a two-week stay. Wedding said that after they arrived in Evansville, White told them to get their bearings straight and then figure out their next destination.
Wedding investigators believe a third person helped them check in. The couple had not been to the city before, and the sheriff didn't comment on who might have helped them.
The pair paid a homeless man to use his identification to check into a room, and then they paid him cash for 14 days, according to investigators.
The manager of the motel insisted that the Whites were visiting a local resident. He brushed off questions from the press and said he didn't check the couple in.
Shah said that the Whites were not officially registered as guests.
Shah wouldn't say who the renter was, but he did say that the room is still occupied and still under that person's name.
Shah said that cops told him not to release anything until the investigation was over. The door of the room was knocked on by The Courier and Press.
Wedding said a police officer spotted the car in the Motel 41 parking lot while on patrol.
The fugitive task force came to the hotel to keep an eye on the car. The task force spotted the two people leaving the parking lot.
The car chase was brief, according to Wedding. The car ran into a ditch after being rammed by police. Wedding said that as officers approached, White shot herself.
Wedding said police recovered $29,000, four handguns, an assault rifle, and other personal effects.
The sheriff said that they were leaving to get out of the area. We have to get out.
The car that White was riding in was flipped during the chase, preventing him from shooting during the chase. Wedding said quick action likely saved other officers lives.
A dash cam video shows law enforcement officials dragging White away from the flipped car after he was arrested. The video shows them taking White to the police car and holding him against it.
In body cam footage of first responders, officers remove a gun from White's hand before pulling her out of the car.
She died at a local hospital, according to the coroner's office.
USA TODAY has contributed to this article by Celina Tebor and Jeanine Santucci.
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