Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means 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 are not related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide charges and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, including during transportation to court.

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

Singleton said that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological health analysis at the courthouse, they have since learned that no such analysis or other court listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually taking a look at all possibilities 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 happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, except we are able to completely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they're nonetheless searching and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any cellphone 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 courtroom after which go seek medical attention because she wasn't feeling effectively.

The sheriff stated Casey White was never dropped off at court docket and Vicki White did not make it to the place the place she said she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities didn't notice they had been lacking until several hours later.

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol car, was first spotted in a shopping mall parking zone round 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton stated.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail were involved and tried to succeed in her, but her phone 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 were in place. The question now we have for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton stated.

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