Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who by no means made it to court

Missing 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 usually not associated.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital homicide charges and two sworn deputies should have been with him at all times, together with during transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton stated that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being analysis on the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such evaluation or different court docket hearing 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 prospects of what occurred, including 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 have now absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, unless we can absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any cellphone calls he had received.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she instructed the guard she was going to drop him off at the court docket after which go search medical consideration because she wasn't feeling well.

The sheriff said Casey White was never dropped off at court docket and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she stated she was going to seek medical consideration.

Authorities didn't understand they were lacking until a number of hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail were concerned and tried to succeed in her, however her cellphone kept 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 for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton said.

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