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 usually are not associated.

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

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

Singleton said that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being analysis on the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such analysis or different court docket listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I feel 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 looking at all prospects 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 cannot handle that until 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 are able to absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

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

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she instructed the guard she was going to drop him off on the court docket and then go seek medical attention because she wasn't feeling well.

The sheriff said Casey White was by no means dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she said she was going to seek medical attention.

Authorities didn't understand they were missing until several hours later.

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first spotted in a shopping mall car parking zone around 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton mentioned.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been involved 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 last few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions have been in place. The query we have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton stated.

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