Alabama authorities are looking for 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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer aren't associated.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital murder costs and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, together with during transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton stated that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health analysis on the courthouse, they have since realized that no such analysis or different courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I believe she's in danger regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton mentioned.

Authorities are now looking 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 cannot deal with that till now we have absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, except we can completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are nonetheless looking out and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any cellphone 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 docket after which go search medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling effectively.

The sheriff said Casey White was by no means dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she mentioned she was going to seek medical attention.

Authorities did not realize they have been missing until several hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail have been concerned and tried to succeed in her, but 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 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 were in place. The query we've got for Director White is why she violated coverage," 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 means we are assuming he is armed," Singleton added.