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

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital murder fees and two sworn deputies should have been with him always, including during transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton mentioned that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health analysis on the courthouse, they've since learned that no such analysis or other court docket hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually taking a look 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 won't handle that till we now have absolute proof that that is what occurred. We're assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we can absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're still looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any telephone calls he had received.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she instructed the guard she was going to drop him off on the courtroom and then go seek medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling effectively.

The sheriff stated Casey White was never dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White didn't make it to the place the place she stated she was going to hunt medical attention.

Authorities did not notice they were missing until a number of hours later.

Her car, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first spotted 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 have been concerned and tried to succeed in her, but her phone stored 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 last few months, Singleton added.

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

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