Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means 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 are usually not related.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital murder charges and two sworn deputies should have been with him always, together with during transportation to courtroom.

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being analysis on the courthouse, they have since learned 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 possibilities 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 address that until now we have absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, unless we are able to completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still looking out 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 advised the guard she was going to drop him off at the court docket and then go seek medical attention because she wasn't feeling properly.

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

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

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been involved and tried to reach her, however her phone 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 had been in place. The query we've for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton said.

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're assuming he's armed," Singleton added.