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

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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer aren't related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide costs and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, including during transportation to court.

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

Singleton said that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health analysis at the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such analysis or different court listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Realizing 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 looking at all prospects 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 can't handle that until we have absolute proof that that's what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we will completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still searching and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone 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 courtroom after which go seek medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling nicely.

The sheriff said Casey White was never 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 have been missing until a number of hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were involved 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 query we have now for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton stated.

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