Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who never 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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are usually not related.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital homicide expenses and two sworn deputies should have been with him at all times, including during transportation to courtroom.

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health analysis on the courthouse, they've since learned that no such evaluation or other courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are now taking a look 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 handle that until we now have absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, except we can absolutely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they're still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any telephone 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 because she wasn't feeling nicely.

The sheriff mentioned Casey White was by no means dropped off at court docket and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she mentioned she was going to seek medical attention.

Authorities did not understand they had been lacking till several hours later.

Her car, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol car, was first spotted in a shopping center car parking zone around 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton said.

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been concerned and tried to achieve her, however 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 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 are assuming he's armed," Singleton added.