Alabama authorities are trying to find 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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are not related.

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

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

Singleton said 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 other courtroom listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I feel she's in peril regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

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 do not know, and we won't handle that until now we have absolute proof that that is what occurred. We're assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we will absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they're still searching and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any telephone calls he had received.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she advised the guard she was going to drop him off on the courtroom and then go search medical attention because she wasn't feeling well.

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

Authorities did not realize they have been lacking till a number of hours later.

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first noticed 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 were concerned and tried to achieve her, however her phone kept 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 query we have now for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton mentioned.

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's armed," Singleton added.