Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who never 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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are not associated.

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

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

Singleton stated that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological health evaluation at the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such analysis or other courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities at the moment are looking at all prospects of what occurred, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we cannot deal with that until we now have absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, until we are able to absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they're still looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone calls he had acquired.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she instructed the guard she was going to drop him off at the court and then go seek medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling properly.

The sheriff mentioned 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 consideration.

Authorities did not notice they were missing till several hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been involved and tried to succeed in her, however 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 division for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the previous few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions have been in place. The query we've 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's armed," Singleton added.