Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who by no means 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 should not related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide prices and two sworn deputies should have been with him at all times, together with during transportation to courtroom.

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

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

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

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 cannot address that till now we have absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, unless we will absolutely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are still looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any telephone 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 on the court docket and then go seek medical attention because she wasn't feeling nicely.

The sheriff mentioned Casey White was by no means dropped off at court and Vicki White did not make it to the place the place she said she was going to hunt medical attention.

Authorities did not understand they have been missing until a number of hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been involved and tried to reach her, but her phone 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 few months, Singleton added.

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

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