Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means 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 are usually not associated.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital murder charges and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, together with during 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 well being analysis on the courthouse, they've since learned that no such evaluation or other courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Realizing the inmate, I feel she's at risk whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton mentioned.

Authorities are actually looking at all possibilities of what occurred, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we cannot tackle that till we've got absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, except we will absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are still looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone calls he had received.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she advised the guard she was going to drop him off at the court docket and then 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 didn't make it to the place the place she mentioned she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities did not understand they have been missing till a number of hours later.

Her automobile, 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 mentioned.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were concerned and tried to reach her, however her telephone stored 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 were in place. The query we've for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton mentioned.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being thought of armed and dangerous. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which implies we are assuming he is armed," Singleton added.