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

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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are 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 docket.

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

Singleton stated that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being analysis at the courthouse, they've since learned that no such evaluation or different courtroom listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities at the moment are looking at all prospects of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we can't deal with that till we have now absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, until we will absolutely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are nonetheless looking out and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone calls he had obtained.

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 after which go seek medical attention because she wasn't feeling well.

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

Authorities didn't realize they had been lacking until several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were concerned and tried to reach her, however her telephone 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 were in place. The query we have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton mentioned.

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