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

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, stated 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 costs and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, including 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 psychological health analysis at the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such evaluation or other court listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Understanding 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 stated.

Authorities at the moment are looking at all potentialities 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 have absolute proof that that is what occurred. We are assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, unless we are able to completely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are still searching and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any cellphone calls he had acquired.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she advised 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 said Casey White was by no means dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she mentioned she was going to seek medical consideration.

Authorities didn't understand they had been missing till a number of hours later.

Her car, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol car, was first spotted in a shopping center parking lot around 11 a.m. by someone 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 telephone saved 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 couple of months, Singleton added.

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

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