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

Lacking 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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer aren't related.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital homicide fees and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, together with throughout transportation to courtroom.

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

Singleton stated that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological health analysis at the courthouse, they have since realized that no such analysis or other court listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing the inmate, I think she's in danger regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton mentioned.

Authorities are now all possibilities of what occurred, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't address that till now we have absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, except we can absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are nonetheless looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any cellphone 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 court docket after which go search medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling properly.

The sheriff said Casey White was by no means dropped off at court and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she mentioned she was going to seek medical consideration.

Authorities did not realize they have been missing until a number of hours later.

Her car, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first spotted in a shopping mall parking lot round 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton stated.

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been concerned and tried to achieve her, but her phone saved 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 last few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions were in place. The query we've got for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton stated.

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