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

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

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

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

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

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

Authorities are actually looking at all potentialities of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we won't deal with that until we've got absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, except we will completely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they're still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any cellphone calls he had acquired.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she told the guard she was going to drop him off on the courtroom and then go search medical attention because she wasn't feeling well.

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

Authorities did not notice they had been missing till a number of hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been involved and tried to succeed in her, however her telephone 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 have been in place. The query we've for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton said.

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