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

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 usually not associated.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital murder expenses and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, together with during transportation to courtroom.

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

Singleton mentioned that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being evaluation at the courthouse, they've since realized that no such analysis or different court listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are now all potentialities 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 can't handle that till we've absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, until we will absolutely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are still looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone 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 stated Casey White was never dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White did not make it to the place the place she said she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities did not notice they had been missing till several hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been involved and tried to reach her, however her telephone kept 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 few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions have been in place. The question we've for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton stated.

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