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

Missing 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 associated.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide charges 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 middle to court and due to this fact knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton said that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation at the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such evaluation or other court docket listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually 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 don't know, and we can't address that till we now have absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we will completely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are still looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any cellphone calls he had obtained.

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 and then go seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling effectively.

The sheriff said Casey White was by no means dropped off at court docket and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she mentioned she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities didn't realize they had been lacking until a number of hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been concerned and tried to reach her, however her cellphone stored 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 few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions were in place. The question we've got for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton stated.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being thought-about armed and harmful. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which suggests we are assuming he is armed," Singleton added.