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

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 usually are not associated.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital murder fees and two sworn deputies should have been with him always, including during transportation to courtroom.

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

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

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

Authorities at the moment are all possibilities of what occurred, 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 tackle that till we have now absolute proof that that's what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, until we are able to absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they're nonetheless looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone 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 court docket after which go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling well.

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 stated she was going to hunt medical attention.

Authorities didn't notice they were lacking till several hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been 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 previous few months, Singleton added.

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

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