Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who never 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 usually are not associated.

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 center to courtroom and therefore knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton mentioned that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological health evaluation on the courthouse, they have since realized that no such evaluation or other court listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Understanding the inmate, I think she's in peril regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities at the moment are all potentialities of what occurred, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we can't address that till we've got absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, except we are able to absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they're still searching and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any telephone calls he had obtained.

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

The sheriff stated Casey White was never dropped off at court docket and Vicki White didn't make it to the place the place she stated she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities didn't understand they have been missing until a number of hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been involved and tried to reach her, but her telephone 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 query we've got 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 means we are assuming he is armed," Singleton added.