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

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital homicide charges and two sworn deputies should have been with him at all times, including during transportation to courtroom.

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

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

"Knowing the inmate, I think she's in danger whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities at the moment are taking a look at all possibilities of what occurred, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we cannot address that till we have now absolute proof that that's what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, except we will absolutely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're nonetheless looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any cellphone calls he had received.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she instructed the guard she was going to drop him off at the courtroom after which go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling well.

The sheriff mentioned 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 hunt medical attention.

Authorities didn't understand they had been lacking till several hours later.

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first noticed in a shopping mall 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 succeed in her, however her telephone 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 couple of months, Singleton added.

"All precautions have been in place. The query we now have for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton mentioned.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being thought of armed and dangerous. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which implies we're assuming he's armed," Singleton added.