Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to court docket
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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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer should not associated.
Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital homicide expenses and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, including during transportation to courtroom.
Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention heart to court and subsequently knew the protocol, the sheriff added.
Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation at the courthouse, they've since learned that no such evaluation or different court docket hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.
"Understanding the inmate, I believe she's in peril regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton stated.
Authorities at the moment are taking a look at all prospects of what occurred, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.
"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we can't deal with that until we now have absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, except we are able to completely show in any other case," Singleton added.
Authorities said they're nonetheless looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any cellphone 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 at the courtroom after which go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling effectively.
The sheriff stated Casey White was never dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she said she was going to seek medical attention.
Authorities did not notice they have been lacking till several hours later.
Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first spotted in a shopping mall parking lot 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 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 previous few months, Singleton added.
"All precautions had been in place. The question now we have for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton mentioned.
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're assuming he is armed," Singleton added.