Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means 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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer should not related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital murder prices and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, including during transportation to court docket.

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

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

"Figuring out the inmate, I feel she's in danger whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton stated.

Authorities at the moment are taking a look at all possibilities of what occurred, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we won't tackle that until now we have absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, until we are able to absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they're still looking and investigating any interplay 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 informed the guard she was going to drop him off on the courtroom after which go search medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling well.

The sheriff said Casey White was never dropped off at court docket and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she said she was going to hunt medical consideration.

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

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first noticed in a shopping mall 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 concerned and tried to succeed in her, but 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 were in place. The question we've for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton said.

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