The Alabama sheriff who claimed missing jail guard Vicky White had visited inmate Casey Cole White numerous times in prison backtracked Thursday — as the capital murder suspect remains on the lam.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton, who’s at the helm of the investigation, sat down with The Post on Wednesday afternoon and said Vicky and Casey – who apparently fled together on Friday – had been in a “special relationship” for nearly two years.
Singleton claimed that Vicky had visited Casey numerous times at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility in Jefferson County after they’d met in 2020.
But on Thursday, the sheriff walked back that claim, saying the information was incorrect.
White was the Lauderdale County assistant director of corrections until Friday.Lauderdale County Sheriff Office/AFP via Getty Images 
The pair had been in a “special relationship” for nearly two years, according to Sheriff Rick Singleton.EPA 
Singleton has walked back his initial claims of in-person contact between the pair while Casey White was in Donaldson Prison.Daniel William McKnight
“I released information that Vicky White had visited Casey White while he was in Donaldson Prison. That is not correct. They were in contact via phone,” Singleton wrote in an emailed statement.
“I apologize for this misinformation.”
Singleton’s remarks are the latest twist in the bizarre case that began nearly a week ago, when the pair went missing shortly after leaving the Florence jail.
Vicky, who until Friday was the Lauderdale County assistant director of corrections, told co-workers she was bringing Casey to a mental health evaluation at the courthouse but there was never an appointment scheduled.
Cole White was supposed to be going to a mental health evaluation with the jail guard last week.Lauderdale County Sheriff 
However, there was no appointment scheduled, and now the two are on the lam.Lauderdale County Sheriff 
Casey White is a capital murder suspect.US MARSHALS/AFP via Getty Images
Instead, she ditched the police cruiser she was driving and is believed to have fled with Casey in a 2007 orange Ford Edge sometime early Friday. Vicky had recently submitted her retirement papers and sold her home in Lexington.
Singleton said his office has been flooded with tips of sightings in Tennessee, Kentucky and Florida but so far, none of the leads have panned out.
The US Marshals Service is offering a $15,000 reward for the capture of Vicky and Casey, who share the same last name but are not related.