Alabama authorities are searching for 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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer usually are not related.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital homicide charges and two sworn deputies should have been with him always, together with throughout transportation to courtroom.

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

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

"Knowing the inmate, I think 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 now taking a look at all potentialities of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we cannot address that till we've got absolute proof that that's what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, unless we will completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are still looking out 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 docket after which go seek medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling properly.

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

Authorities didn't understand they had been missing until several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been concerned and tried to achieve her, however 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 division for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the previous few months, Singleton added.

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

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