Alabama authorities are searching 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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer should not associated.

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

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation at the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such evaluation or other court listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing the inmate, I feel she's at risk whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton stated.

Authorities at the moment are all possibilities of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we can't tackle that till we now have absolute proof that that's what occurred. We are assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, except we are able to completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are nonetheless looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone calls he had received.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she told the guard she was going to drop him off at the court and then go seek medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling effectively.

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

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

Her car, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first spotted in a shopping center parking lot around 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton said.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been involved and tried to achieve her, however her phone kept 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 had been in place. The query we now have for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton said.

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