Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means made it to court docket

Missing Assistant Director of Corrections Vicki White broke protocol when she escorted inmate Casey White from jail this morning to apparently take him to the courthouse in Lauderdale County, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer usually are not related.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital murder fees and two sworn deputies should have been with him always, together with during transportation to court.

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention heart to court and subsequently knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton stated that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being analysis on the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such analysis or different court hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I feel she's in danger regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton stated.

Authorities at the moment are looking at all potentialities of what occurred, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we won't handle that until we've absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, except we can completely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are nonetheless searching and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone calls he had acquired.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she instructed the guard she was going to drop him off at the courtroom and then go seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling effectively.

The sheriff stated Casey White was never dropped off at court docket and Vicki White did not make it to the place the place she said she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities didn't understand they have been lacking till several hours later.

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol car, was first spotted in a shopping center parking lot around 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton mentioned.

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were concerned and tried to succeed in her, however her phone stored going straight to voicemail. They then realized Casey White had not been returned to the jail.

Vicki White has been with the division for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the previous couple of months, Singleton added.

"All precautions were in place. The query now we have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton mentioned.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being thought of armed and harmful. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which implies we are assuming he's armed," Singleton added.