Alabama authorities are looking for 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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer aren't related.

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

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention center to courtroom and subsequently knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton said that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation at the courthouse, they have since realized that no such analysis or other courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing 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 mentioned.

Authorities are actually all prospects of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't deal with that until we've got absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, except we will completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

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

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

The sheriff said Casey White was never dropped off at court and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she mentioned she was going to seek medical attention.

Authorities didn't notice they had been missing until a number of hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were involved and tried to succeed in 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 had been in place. The query now we have for Director White is why she violated coverage," 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 means we're assuming he's armed," Singleton added.