A daring escape, a gunshot death: the tragic tale of an Alabama jailbreak

Friends of Vicky White are baffled why she fled with her murder suspect boyfriend, before killing herself as police closed in

Maybe it was because she had endured the loss of two longtime partners over the last several years. Or perhaps she feared - if she didn't go through with it - her loved ones would be killed.

Whatever the case, James Ballentine hopes there's a good explanation for why his neighbor of nearly 40 years, Vicky White, ignited a romantic affair with an inmate of the rural Alabama jail where she was the assistant director, and helped him escape, before she shot herself to death as police closed in 11 days later and about 300 miles away. It was a story that captured national and global attention.