Alabama authorities are looking for 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 aren't related.

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

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

Singleton mentioned that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation on the courthouse, they have since realized that no such analysis or other court docket hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities at the moment are looking at all potentialities of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we won't deal with that until we have now absolute proof that that's what occurred. We are assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, except we are able to absolutely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still searching and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any cellphone calls he had acquired.

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 seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling nicely.

The sheriff said Casey White was never dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White didn't make it to the place where she said she was going to seek medical consideration.

Authorities didn't notice they had been lacking till a number of hours later.

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first noticed in a shopping center 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 had been involved and tried to reach her, however her cellphone 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 have been in place. The query we have for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton stated.

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