Alabama authorities are looking 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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer should not related.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital murder costs and two sworn deputies should have been with him always, including throughout transportation to court docket.

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention middle to courtroom and subsequently knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation at the courthouse, they have since learned that no such analysis or different court hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually all possibilities of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't deal with that till we've got absolute proof that that's what occurred. We are assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, unless we can completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are still searching and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any telephone 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 and then go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling effectively.

The sheriff said Casey White was by no means dropped off at court docket and Vicki White didn't make it to the place where she mentioned she was going to seek medical attention.

Authorities didn't understand they had been missing till several hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail were involved and tried to reach her, however her telephone 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 were in place. The question we have now for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton mentioned.

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's armed," Singleton added.