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

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

Authorities stated 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 middle to court docket and due to this fact knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

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

"Realizing the inmate, I feel 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 now all prospects of what occurred, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't address that till we've got absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, except we can absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they are still looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any telephone 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 on the court after which go seek medical attention because she wasn't feeling properly.

The sheriff stated Casey White was never dropped off at courtroom and Vicki White did not make it to the place the place she stated she was going to seek medical attention.

Authorities didn't understand they had been missing till several hours later.

Her car, 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 at the jail had been involved and tried to achieve her, however her cellphone 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 couple of months, Singleton added.

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

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