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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are not related.

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

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

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

"Figuring out the inmate, I believe she's in danger whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities are actually taking a look at all potentialities 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 cannot tackle that until we have absolute proof that that is what occurred. We're assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, until we are able to completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they're still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to 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 and then go seek medical attention because she wasn't feeling effectively.

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

Authorities didn't realize they had been missing till several hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were concerned and tried to succeed in her, however her telephone stored 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 last few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions had been in place. The question we have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton stated.

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're assuming he is armed," Singleton added.