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

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 usually are not related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide charges and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, including during transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton stated that though 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 hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually all prospects of what occurred, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we won't tackle that till we've got absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, until we can completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any cellphone calls he had received.

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

The sheriff mentioned Casey White was never dropped off at court and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she stated she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities didn't notice they had been lacking until several hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been involved and tried to achieve her, but 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 last few months, Singleton added.

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

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 are assuming he's armed," Singleton added.