Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to court

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 are not related.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital homicide costs and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, including during transportation to court.

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation at the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such evaluation or different court hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually looking at all potentialities of what occurred, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we can't tackle that until we've got absolute proof that that's what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken towards her will, unless we are able to completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they're nonetheless searching and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone 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 docket and then go seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling properly.

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

Authorities didn't notice they had been missing until a number of hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been involved and tried to succeed in her, however her cellphone 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 previous couple of months, Singleton added.

"All precautions have been in place. The query we've got for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton mentioned.

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