Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who never 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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer should not associated.

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

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

Singleton stated that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation at the courthouse, they have since learned that no such analysis or different court listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing the inmate, I feel she's in danger regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities are now all potentialities 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've got absolute proof that that's what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, except we will completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are nonetheless searching 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 at the courtroom after which go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling well.

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

Authorities did not realize they had been lacking till several hours later.

Her car, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol car, was first noticed in a shopping center parking zone round 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton said.

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been concerned and tried to achieve her, however her telephone stored 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 were in place. The query we've 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's armed," Singleton added.