Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who never 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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer will not be associated.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital murder prices 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 center to court docket and therefore knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton stated that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation on the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such analysis or different court hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually looking at all potentialities of what happened, 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've absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, until we will completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still looking and investigating any interplay 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 told the guard she was going to drop him off on the courtroom after which go search medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling properly.

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

Authorities did not realize they had been lacking till a number of 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 mentioned.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail were involved and tried to achieve 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 last few months, Singleton added.

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

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