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

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 aren't related.

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

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention heart to court docket and due to this fact knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton said that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological health analysis on the courthouse, they have since learned that no such analysis or other courtroom listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Realizing the inmate, I feel she's in danger whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton mentioned.

Authorities at the moment are all prospects of what occurred, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't address that until we've absolute proof that that's what occurred. We are assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, except we will completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're nonetheless looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any telephone 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 and then go seek medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling nicely.

The sheriff mentioned Casey White was by no means dropped off at court and Vicki White did not make it to the place the place she stated she was going to hunt medical attention.

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

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol car, was first spotted in a shopping center parking lot round 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton stated.

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been concerned and tried to reach her, however her phone saved 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 previous few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions were in place. The question we've got for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton said.

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's armed," Singleton added.