Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who never 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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer aren't associated.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital murder expenses and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, together with throughout transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being evaluation on the courthouse, they've since realized that no such evaluation or other court docket listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I think she's in peril whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton mentioned.

Authorities at the moment are taking a look at all potentialities of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we cannot handle that till we've absolute proof that that's what occurred. We are assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, except we can completely 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 cellphone calls he had acquired.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she informed the guard she was going to drop him off on the courtroom after which go seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling well.

The sheriff mentioned Casey White was never dropped off at court docket and Vicki White didn't make it to the place where she mentioned she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities didn't notice they were missing till several hours later.

Her car, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol car, was first spotted in a shopping center parking lot round 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton said.

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been involved and tried to reach her, however her cellphone saved 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 were in place. The question we have for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton mentioned.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being thought-about armed and harmful. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which means we are assuming he is armed," Singleton added.