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 related.

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 court docket.

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

Singleton said that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being analysis on the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such evaluation or different court hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I believe she's at risk whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton mentioned.

Authorities at the moment are taking a look at all possibilities 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 cannot tackle that till now we have absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, unless we will completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned 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 after which go seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

Authorities didn't notice they had been missing until a number of hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail were concerned and tried to reach her, but her telephone kept 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 previous couple of months, Singleton added.

"All precautions had been in place. The query we have now for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton said.

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