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

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital homicide costs and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, together with during transportation to courtroom.

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention heart to court docket and therefore knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being analysis at the courthouse, they have since realized that no such analysis or other courtroom listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Realizing the inmate, I believe she's at risk whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities are now all possibilities 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 till we now have absolute proof that that's what occurred. We're assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, unless we are able to absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any telephone calls he had acquired.

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 seek medical attention because she wasn't feeling effectively.

The sheriff mentioned 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 seek medical attention.

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

Her car, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first spotted in a shopping center car parking zone round 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton mentioned.

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been concerned and tried to achieve her, however her phone stored going straight to voicemail. They then realized Casey White had not been returned to the jail.

Vicki White has been with the division 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 now have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton stated.

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 is armed," Singleton added.