Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to courtroom

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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer will not be associated.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital murder charges and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, together with during transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological 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.

"Figuring out 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 stated.

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

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we cannot deal with that till we now have absolute proof that that's what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, except we can absolutely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any telephone calls he had obtained.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she advised the guard she was going to drop him off on the court docket and then go seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling effectively.

The sheriff said Casey White was by no means dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White didn't make it to the place the place she stated she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities did not understand they were lacking till several hours later.

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first noticed in a shopping center parking zone round 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton stated.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been concerned and tried to achieve her, however her cellphone 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 last few months, Singleton added.

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

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