Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who never 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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are not associated.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital murder charges and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, including throughout transportation to court.

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation on the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such evaluation or different court listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Understanding the inmate, I think she's at risk whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton mentioned.

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

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we can't deal with that until we have now absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, unless we can absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're nonetheless looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any cellphone 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 after which go seek medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling well.

The sheriff stated 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 attention.

Authorities did not realize they were lacking till several hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail were concerned and tried to achieve her, but her cellphone 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 have been in place. The query we have for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton said.

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