Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to court

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 mentioned Casey White was being held on capital murder costs and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, together with throughout transportation to court.

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

Singleton stated that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation on the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such evaluation or other courtroom listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I think she's in peril whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, 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 do not know, and we won't deal with that till we've absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, until we are able to completely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they're still looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any telephone calls he had obtained.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she informed the guard she was going to drop him off on the court docket and then go search medical attention because she wasn't feeling properly.

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

Authorities did not understand they have been lacking till a number of hours later.

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first noticed in a shopping mall parking zone round 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton stated.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail have been involved and tried to achieve her, but 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 previous few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions were in place. The question we've 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.