Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to court docket

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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are not related.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital homicide expenses and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, together with during transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton said that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological health analysis on the courthouse, they have since realized that no such evaluation or other courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

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

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we can't tackle that till we have absolute proof that that is what occurred. We are assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, except we are able to completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are nonetheless searching and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any cellphone calls he had acquired.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she told the guard she was going to drop him off at the court docket and then go seek 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 the place she stated she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities did not realize they have been missing until several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were concerned and tried to achieve her, but 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 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 now have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton said.

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