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

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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are usually not related.

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

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention center to court and due to this fact knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

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

"Realizing the inmate, I feel she's at risk regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton mentioned.

Authorities at the moment are taking a look at all potentialities of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we cannot handle that until we now have absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, unless we will absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to 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 at the court after which go seek medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling well.

The sheriff said Casey White was by no means dropped off at court docket and Vicki White didn't make it to the place the place she stated she was going to hunt medical consideration.

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

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first noticed in a shopping mall parking zone round 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton mentioned.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were concerned and tried to succeed in her, but 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 last few months, Singleton added.

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

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