Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to court

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 usually are not related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide charges and two sworn deputies should have been with him at all times, including throughout transportation to court docket.

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention center to court docket 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 realized that no such analysis or other court docket hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Understanding the inmate, I believe she's at risk regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

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

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we cannot deal with that until we've got absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we can absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are still looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone calls he had received.

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

The sheriff mentioned Casey White was by no means dropped off at court docket and Vicki White didn't make it to the place the place she said she was going to hunt medical attention.

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

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first noticed in a shopping mall car parking zone round 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton mentioned.

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail were concerned and tried to succeed in 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 have been in place. The question now we have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton stated.

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