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 will not be associated.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide expenses and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, including throughout transportation to court.

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

Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health analysis on the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such evaluation or other courtroom listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I think she's in danger regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton stated.

Authorities at the moment are 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 can't handle that until we've absolute proof that that's what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, until we will absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any telephone calls he had received.

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 search medical consideration because she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

Authorities did not realize they were lacking until a number of hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been concerned and tried to achieve her, but 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 have been in place. The question we have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton said.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being thought-about armed and harmful. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which implies we're assuming he's armed," Singleton added.