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

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 are not associated.

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

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

Singleton stated that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being analysis at the courthouse, they have since learned that no such analysis or different court hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing the inmate, I believe she's in danger regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton mentioned.

Authorities are actually looking at all possibilities of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't handle that till we've got absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, unless we will completely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are nonetheless looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as 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 at the court and then go seek medical attention because she wasn't feeling nicely.

The sheriff stated Casey White was by no means dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White did not make it to the place the place she stated she was going to hunt medical attention.

Authorities did not understand they had been missing until several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail were concerned and tried to reach her, however her cellphone 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 few months, Singleton added.

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

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