Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who by no means 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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are not associated.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital murder prices 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 middle to court docket and therefore knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton stated that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being evaluation on the courthouse, they have since learned that no such evaluation or other court docket hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Realizing the inmate, I think she's at risk whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities are now taking a look at all prospects of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we can't tackle that till now we have absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, until we can completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone 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 seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling nicely.

The sheriff said Casey White was by no means dropped off at court and Vicki White didn't make it to the place where she mentioned she was going to seek medical consideration.

Authorities did not notice they have been missing until a number of hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been involved and tried to succeed in her, but 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 few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions have been in place. The query we have now 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 suggests we're assuming he's armed," Singleton added.