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

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

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide prices and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, including during transportation to courtroom.

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

Singleton stated that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation on the courthouse, they've since learned that no such evaluation or different court docket hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I believe 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 actually taking a look at all possibilities 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 cannot handle that till we have absolute proof that that's what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, except we are able to absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

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

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she instructed the guard she was going to drop him off at the courtroom and then go search medical consideration because she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

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

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first noticed 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 on the jail have been concerned and tried to reach 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 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 got 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 means we're assuming he is armed," Singleton added.