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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are not associated.

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

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

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

"Knowing the inmate, I think she's in peril regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton stated.

Authorities at the moment are taking a look at all potentialities 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 handle that till we have absolute proof that that's what occurred. We're assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, unless we can completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they're still searching and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone calls he had obtained.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she informed the guard she was going to drop him off at the court after which go search medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

Authorities didn't understand they had been missing until several hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been involved and tried to achieve her, however 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 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 question we've got for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton mentioned.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being considered armed and harmful. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which means we're assuming he's armed," Singleton added.