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 aren't associated.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital murder fees and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, together with during transportation to court.

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation on the courthouse, they've since learned that no such evaluation or different court hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Understanding the inmate, I feel she's in peril regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities at the moment are taking a look at all possibilities of what happened, 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 address that until we've got absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, unless we can absolutely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still looking out and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any telephone calls he had obtained.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she told the guard she was going to drop him off at the court after which go search medical consideration because she wasn't feeling nicely.

The sheriff stated Casey White was never dropped off at court and Vicki White didn't make it to the place where she said she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities didn't understand they have been missing until a number of hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been concerned and tried to succeed in her, however her cellphone stored 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 had been in place. The question we've for Director White is why she violated coverage," 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 means we are assuming he's armed," Singleton added.