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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer aren't related.

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

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

Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological health analysis on the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such evaluation or other court docket hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing the inmate, I feel she's in peril regardless of 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 potentialities of what occurred, together with 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 until now we have absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, except we will completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are still looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone calls he had acquired.

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

The sheriff said Casey White was never dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White did not make it to the place the place she stated she was going to seek medical attention.

Authorities didn't understand they have been lacking until a number of hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been involved and tried to reach her, however 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 previous couple of months, Singleton added.

"All precautions had been in place. The question we have now for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton said.

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