Alabama authorities are searching 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 will not be associated.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital murder costs and two sworn deputies should have been with him at all times, including during transportation to court.

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

Singleton stated that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being analysis on the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such analysis or other courtroom listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing the inmate, I think she's in peril whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities are now taking a look at all potentialities 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 won't deal with that till we have now absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we are able to absolutely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are still searching and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any cellphone calls he had obtained.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she instructed the guard she was going to drop him off on the court docket after which go search medical consideration because she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

Authorities didn't realize they had been missing until a number of hours later.

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first spotted in a shopping mall parking lot round 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton said.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were 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 department for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the last few months, Singleton added.

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

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