Alabama authorities are trying to find 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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer aren't related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital murder expenses and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, including throughout transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton mentioned that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation at the courthouse, they've since learned that no such analysis or different courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I feel she's in peril whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities are now all possibilities of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we cannot handle that until we now have absolute proof that that's what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, except we will completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they're still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to 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 and then go seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling well.

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

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

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had 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 division for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the previous couple of months, Singleton added.

"All precautions had been in place. The question 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 are assuming he's armed," Singleton added.