Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who never 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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer should not associated.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital homicide fees and two sworn deputies should have been with him at all times, including throughout transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton stated that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health analysis on the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such evaluation or other courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Realizing 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 now looking at all potentialities of what occurred, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we cannot handle that until we've absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we will completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are nonetheless looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any telephone calls he had obtained.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she instructed the guard she was going to drop him off at the court docket after which go seek medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling properly.

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

Authorities didn't notice they had been lacking until several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been involved and tried to reach her, but 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 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've got for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton mentioned.

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