Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to courtroom

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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer usually are not related.

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

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention center to court and due to this fact 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 courtroom listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing the inmate, I feel she's in danger regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton mentioned.

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

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we can't handle that until we've absolute proof that that is what occurred. We are assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, except we are able to absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as 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 after which go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling properly.

The sheriff stated Casey White was by no means dropped off at court docket and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she said she was going to seek medical consideration.

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

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were involved and tried to achieve her, but her telephone stored 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 had 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 dangerous. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which implies we are assuming he's armed," Singleton added.