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

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 related.

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

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention heart to court and due to this fact 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 realized that no such evaluation or other court hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I believe she's at risk regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

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

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we can't handle that till we have now absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, unless we will absolutely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still searching and investigating any interplay 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 informed the guard she was going to drop him off at the court docket and then go seek medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling well.

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 said she was going to seek medical consideration.

Authorities didn't realize they have been missing until several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail have been concerned and tried to succeed in her, but her phone 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 previous few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions had been in place. The query we've for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton stated.

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.