Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who never 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 usually not associated.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide costs and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, including throughout transportation to courtroom.

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological health evaluation at the courthouse, they have since learned that no such analysis or different courtroom 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 mentioned.

Authorities are actually all potentialities of what happened, together with 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 have absolute proof that that's what occurred. We are assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we will absolutely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are nonetheless looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any telephone calls he had obtained.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she told the guard she was going to drop him off on the courtroom and then go search medical consideration because she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

Authorities didn't realize they had been lacking until a number of hours later.

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first noticed in a shopping mall parking zone around 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton mentioned.

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

"All precautions had been in place. The query we've got for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton stated.

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