Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to court docket

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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer will not be related.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital murder charges and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, including during transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton stated that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being analysis on the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such analysis or other courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I feel she's in peril regardless of 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 possibilities 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 deal with that until we have now absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, until we will completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they're nonetheless looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone calls he had acquired.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she advised the guard she was going to drop him off at the court and then go search medical attention because she wasn't feeling effectively.

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

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

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first spotted in a shopping mall parking lot around 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton mentioned.

Around 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 division for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the last few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions were in place. The question we've for Director White is why she violated policy," 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 implies we're assuming he is armed," Singleton added.