Alabama authorities are trying to find 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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are usually not associated.

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

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention heart to court and due to this fact 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've since learned that no such evaluation or other court listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually all possibilities of what occurred, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we can't deal with that until we have absolute proof that that's what occurred. We are assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, except we will absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still looking out and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone 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 courtroom and then go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling properly.

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

Authorities did not notice they were lacking until a number of hours later.

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

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

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

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