Alabama authorities are searching 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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer should not associated.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital homicide expenses and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, including during transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton stated that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being analysis at the courthouse, they've since realized that no such analysis or different court docket hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Understanding the inmate, I feel she's in danger 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 possibilities of what occurred, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't deal with that until we have absolute proof that that is what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, until we can completely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they're nonetheless looking out and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any cellphone calls he had received.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she told the guard she was going to drop him off at the court docket and then go seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling properly.

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

Authorities didn't realize they have been lacking till a number of hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been involved and tried to achieve her, but her telephone kept 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 previous few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions were in place. The question we have now for Director White is why she violated coverage," 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 are assuming he is armed," Singleton added.