Alabama authorities are trying to find 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 not associated.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital murder expenses 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 center to court docket and therefore knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton said that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation on the courthouse, they have since learned that no such evaluation or other court docket hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Realizing the inmate, I think she's at risk regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

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

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we cannot address that until we have absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, until we can completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are nonetheless looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone calls he had acquired.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she advised the guard she was going to drop him off at the courtroom and then go search medical attention because she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

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

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been involved and tried to reach 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 had been in place. The question we now have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton mentioned.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being thought of armed and dangerous. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which means we're assuming he's armed," Singleton added.