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

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

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

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

"Realizing the inmate, I believe she's at risk regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton stated.

Authorities are now all possibilities of what occurred, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't address that till we've absolute proof that that is what occurred. We're assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we will completely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any telephone calls he had acquired.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she advised the guard she was going to drop him off on the court and then go seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling nicely.

The sheriff said Casey White was by no means dropped off at court docket and Vicki White didn't make it to the place the place she said she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities did not notice they have been missing till several hours later.

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first spotted in a shopping center parking lot around 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton stated.

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been concerned and tried to reach her, but her cellphone 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 few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions were in place. The question we have for Director White is why she violated policy," 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 means we are assuming he is armed," Singleton added.