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

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital homicide prices and two sworn deputies should have been with him always, together with during transportation to court.

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

Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation at the courthouse, they have since learned that no such evaluation or different court docket listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing the inmate, I believe she's in danger regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

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

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we can't deal with that till we've got absolute proof that that is what occurred. We are assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, unless we will absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are nonetheless looking and investigating any interplay 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 at the court after which go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling properly.

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

Authorities didn't realize they had been missing until several hours later.

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first noticed in a shopping mall parking lot around 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton said.

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail have been involved and tried to succeed in her, however 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 couple of months, Singleton added.

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

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