Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means 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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are not related.

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

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being analysis at the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such evaluation or different court listening to 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 stated.

Authorities at the moment are taking a look at all potentialities of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we can't tackle that till now 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 mentioned they're nonetheless searching and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone calls he had received.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she told the guard she was going to drop him off at the court and then go seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling properly.

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

Authorities did not realize they were lacking until a number of hours later.

Her car, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first spotted 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 reach her, however 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 last few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions had been in place. The question we have 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.