Alabama authorities are looking 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 usually are not related.

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

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

Singleton mentioned that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being analysis at the courthouse, they've since learned that no such analysis or different courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out 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 now looking at all possibilities of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we cannot deal with that till we have now absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we can absolutely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone calls he had acquired.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she advised the guard she was going to drop him off at the court docket after which go search medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling effectively.

The sheriff said Casey White was never dropped off at court docket and Vicki White didn't make it to the place where she said she was going to hunt medical attention.

Authorities didn't realize they have been lacking until several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been involved and tried to succeed in her, however her telephone stored 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 had been in place. The query we have now for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton stated.

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