Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means made it to court

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

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital homicide fees 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 center to court and subsequently knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton mentioned that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation on the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such evaluation or other courtroom listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities at the moment are looking at all prospects 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 won't deal with that until we've absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, except we are able to completely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are still looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any cellphone calls he had obtained.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she informed the guard she was going to drop him off on the court and then go seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling properly.

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

Authorities did not notice they were lacking until several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been concerned and tried to succeed in 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 last few months, Singleton added.

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

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