Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means made it to court

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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer will not be associated.

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

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

Singleton stated that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological health evaluation on the courthouse, they've since learned that no such evaluation or other court listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually taking a look at all potentialities of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we cannot deal with that until we have absolute proof that that is what occurred. We are assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, unless we will absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are nonetheless looking out and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone calls he had received.

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

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

Authorities didn't realize they have been lacking till a number of hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on 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 previous couple of months, Singleton added.

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

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