Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means 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 will not be related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide expenses and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, together with throughout transportation to courtroom.

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

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

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

Authorities are actually looking at all possibilities of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we can't handle that till we have absolute proof that that is what occurred. We are assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, except we can completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any telephone 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 at the court after which go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling effectively.

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

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

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been concerned and tried to achieve 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 previous few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions were in place. The question now we have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton stated.

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