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

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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer usually are not related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide expenses and two sworn deputies should have been with him at all times, together with during transportation to courtroom.

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation at the courthouse, they have since realized that no such analysis or different courtroom listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing the inmate, I think she's in danger whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities are now looking at all possibilities of what occurred, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we won't tackle that until now we have absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we will absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still searching and investigating any interaction 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 advised the guard she was going to drop him off at the courtroom after which go search medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling well.

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

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

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol car, was first spotted in a shopping mall parking lot around 11 a.m. by somebody 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, however 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 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 query we've got for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton mentioned.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being considered armed and harmful. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which means we're assuming he is armed," Singleton added.