Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to court

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 usually are not associated.

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

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention heart to courtroom and due to this fact knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological health analysis at the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such evaluation or different court docket listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually taking a look at all possibilities of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we won't address that till we have now absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, unless we can completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're 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 told the guard she was going to drop him off on the court docket after which go search medical consideration because she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

Authorities did not notice they had been missing till several hours later.

Her car, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first spotted 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 at the jail were involved and tried to succeed in her, however 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 division 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 now have for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton said.

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