Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means made it to court

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 should not related.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital murder expenses and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, together with throughout transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton stated that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being analysis at the courthouse, they've since realized that no such analysis or other court hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I believe she's in peril regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

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

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we can't deal with that until we have absolute proof that that's what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, except we are able to absolutely show in any other case," Singleton added.

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

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she told the guard she was going to drop him off on the court and then go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling properly.

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

Authorities didn't notice they were lacking until a number of hours later.

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first spotted in a shopping mall car parking zone 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 cellphone saved going straight to voicemail. They then realized Casey White had not been returned to the jail.

Vicki White has been with the department for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the previous couple of months, Singleton added.

"All precautions have been in place. The query now we have 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 implies we are assuming he is armed," Singleton added.