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

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 will not be associated.

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

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

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

"Figuring out 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 stated.

Authorities are now 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 tackle that till now we have absolute proof that that is what occurred. We are assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, until we will absolutely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're nonetheless looking 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 informed the guard she was going to drop him off at the courtroom and then go seek medical attention because she wasn't feeling properly.

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

Authorities didn't realize they were missing until a number of hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been concerned and tried to achieve her, but her telephone kept going straight to voicemail. They then realized Casey White had not been returned to the jail.

Vicki White has been with the division for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the previous couple of months, Singleton added.

"All precautions have been in place. The query we have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton mentioned.

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's armed," Singleton added.