Alabama authorities are searching 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, 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 expenses and two sworn deputies should have been with him at all times, together with throughout transportation to courtroom.

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention heart to court docket and therefore knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation at the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such analysis or other courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually looking at all prospects of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't tackle that till we've got absolute proof that that is what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, unless we are able to completely show 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 telephone calls he had acquired.

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

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

Authorities did not notice they had been lacking 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 someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton mentioned.

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

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