Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means made it to courtroom

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 are not associated.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide expenses and two sworn deputies should have been with him at all times, together with throughout transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being analysis on the courthouse, they have since realized that no such analysis or other court docket hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Understanding the inmate, I think she's at risk whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton stated.

Authorities are actually looking at all possibilities of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we can't deal with that until now we have absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, unless we will completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they're still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone calls he had received.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she informed the guard she was going to drop him off at the courtroom after which go search medical consideration because she wasn't feeling nicely.

The sheriff stated Casey White was never dropped off at court docket and Vicki White didn't make it to the place the place she mentioned she was going to hunt medical attention.

Authorities didn't notice they had been missing till a number of hours later.

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

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

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

"All precautions had been in place. The question we have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton mentioned.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being thought-about armed and harmful. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which suggests we're assuming he is armed," Singleton added.