Alabama authorities are looking 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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer should not related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital murder expenses and two sworn deputies should have been with him always, together with during transportation to court.

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

Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation at the courthouse, they have since realized that no such analysis or other courtroom listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing the inmate, I believe she's in peril whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton stated.

Authorities are actually 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 cannot handle that till we've got absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, unless we will completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are nonetheless looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone calls he had obtained.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she told the guard she was going to drop him off at the court docket 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 didn't make it to the place the place she mentioned she was going to hunt medical attention.

Authorities did not notice they have been lacking until several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been involved and tried to achieve 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 department for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the previous few months, Singleton added.

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

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