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

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

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

Singleton mentioned that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation at the courthouse, they've since realized that no such evaluation or different courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

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

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we can't address that till we have absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, except we will completely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are nonetheless looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone calls he had obtained.

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

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

Authorities did not notice they had been lacking till a number of hours later.

Her vehicle, 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 mentioned.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been concerned and tried to reach her, but her telephone 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 previous few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions had been in place. The question we've got for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton mentioned.

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