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

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 usually are not related.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital homicide expenses 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 center to court and therefore knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton stated that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation at the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such evaluation or different courtroom listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually all potentialities of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we can't address that till we have absolute proof that that is what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, until we can absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're nonetheless searching and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone calls he had acquired.

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

The sheriff mentioned Casey White was by no means dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she said she was going to seek medical consideration.

Authorities didn't notice they have been lacking till several hours later.

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first noticed in a shopping center parking lot round 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton said.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been concerned and tried to reach her, however her phone saved 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 have been in place. The query we've for Director White is why she violated policy," 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's armed," Singleton added.