Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means made it to courtroom

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 aren't associated.

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

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

Singleton stated that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being evaluation on the courthouse, they have since learned that no such analysis or other court docket hearing 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 now taking a look at all potentialities of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we won't handle that till now we have absolute proof that that's what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we can absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still searching and investigating any interplay 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 advised the guard she was going to drop him off on the courtroom after which go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling effectively.

The sheriff stated Casey White was never dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White didn't make it to the place where she said she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities did not realize they were lacking till a number of hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been concerned and tried to reach 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 previous couple of months, Singleton added.

"All precautions were in place. The query we have for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton mentioned.

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