Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who never 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 are not related.

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

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

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

"Figuring out the inmate, I believe 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 all possibilities 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 won'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, unless we can absolutely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're still looking out and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any cellphone calls he had acquired.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she advised the guard she was going to drop him off at the court and then go search medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling effectively.

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

Authorities did not notice they had been lacking until a number of hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were 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 department for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the previous couple of months, Singleton added.

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

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