Alabama authorities are looking 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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are usually not associated.

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

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health analysis at the courthouse, they have since learned that no such evaluation or other court hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Realizing 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 all prospects of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't deal with that till we've got absolute proof that that's what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, unless we will completely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are nonetheless looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any telephone 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 court docket after which go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

Authorities did not understand they have been lacking till a number of hours later.

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first spotted in a shopping mall parking zone round 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton mentioned.

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been concerned and tried to succeed in 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 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 question we have now for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton said.

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