Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to court docket

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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer should not related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital murder charges and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, together with throughout transportation to court.

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

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

"Realizing the inmate, I feel she's in peril regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton mentioned.

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

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we can't handle that till 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 completely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're still searching and investigating any interplay 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 on the court after which go search medical attention because she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

Authorities didn't notice they had been missing till a number of hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been concerned and tried to achieve her, but her phone 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 couple of months, Singleton added.

"All precautions have been in place. The query we have now 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 is armed," Singleton added.