Alabama authorities are trying to find 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 are not related.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital homicide expenses and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, including during transportation to courtroom.

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

Singleton stated that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation on the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such analysis or different court hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually all potentialities of what occurred, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we cannot tackle that until we have absolute proof that that's what occurred. We are assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, except we can absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are still looking out and investigating any interaction 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 instructed the guard she was going to drop him off on the courtroom after which go search medical consideration because she wasn't feeling nicely.

The sheriff said Casey White was never dropped off at court docket and Vicki White did not make it to the place the place she mentioned she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities did not 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 parking zone around 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton said.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been concerned and tried to succeed in her, but her cellphone stored 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 had been in place. The query we have now for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton said.

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.