Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to court

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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer will not be associated.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital murder fees and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, together with during transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton mentioned that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health analysis on the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such evaluation or different court docket listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

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

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we cannot handle that until we've absolute proof that that's what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, except we will completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still searching and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any telephone 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 on the courtroom after which go search medical attention because she wasn't feeling well.

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

Authorities didn't notice they have been missing until several hours later.

Her car, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol car, was first noticed in a shopping mall parking zone around 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton stated.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been involved and tried to achieve her, but her telephone 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 question we now have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton mentioned.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being considered armed and dangerous. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which means we're assuming he is armed," Singleton added.