Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who never 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 are usually not related.

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

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

Singleton mentioned that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being analysis on the courthouse, they have since realized that no such analysis or different court docket listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Understanding the inmate, I believe she's at risk whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton stated.

Authorities are now 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 can't deal with that until we've absolute proof that that is what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, until we are able to absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they're nonetheless searching 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 informed the guard she was going to drop him off on the courtroom after which go search medical attention because she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

Authorities didn't notice they have been lacking till several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been involved and tried to succeed in 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 couple of months, Singleton added.

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

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