Alabama authorities are looking 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 aren't associated.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital homicide charges and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, including throughout transportation to court docket.

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

Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation on the courthouse, they have since realized that no such analysis or different courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing the inmate, I feel she's in peril whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities are now looking at all potentialities of what occurred, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

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

Authorities mentioned they're nonetheless searching and investigating any interplay 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 as a result of she wasn't feeling effectively.

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

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were involved and tried to succeed in her, however her cellphone stored 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 had been in place. The query we have now for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton mentioned.

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