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

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital homicide prices 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 center to court and therefore knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton mentioned that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental 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.

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

Authorities are now all prospects of what occurred, including 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 until we have now absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, except we can completely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone 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 consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling effectively.

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

Authorities didn't understand they were lacking until several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail were concerned and tried to achieve her, but 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 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 dangerous. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which suggests we are assuming he is armed," Singleton added.