Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who never 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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer usually are not related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide charges 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 heart to court docket and subsequently knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being analysis on the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such analysis or other courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Realizing the inmate, I think she's in danger whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton stated.

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

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we cannot deal with that till we have absolute proof that that's what occurred. We are assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we can absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they're nonetheless looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any cellphone calls he had obtained.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she informed the guard she was going to drop him off on the court and then go search medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling effectively.

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

Authorities did not understand they have been missing till several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been involved and tried to succeed in her, however 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 department for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the previous few months, Singleton added.

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

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's armed," Singleton added.