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 associated.

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

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 though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation at the courthouse, they have since learned that no such analysis or other court docket listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities at the moment are all possibilities of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we can't address that till we have now absolute proof that that is what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, until we are able to absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

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

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she instructed the guard she was going to drop him off on the court docket after which go search medical consideration because she wasn't feeling properly.

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

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

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first spotted in a shopping mall parking lot around 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 reach her, but her phone 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 last 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-about armed and dangerous. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which means we're assuming he is armed," Singleton added.