Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means 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 should not related.

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

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

Singleton said that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being evaluation on the courthouse, they have since realized that no such evaluation or other court docket hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Realizing the inmate, I think she's in danger whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton mentioned.

Authorities are actually all potentialities 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 address that until we've absolute proof that that's what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, until we are able to completely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are still looking out and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone calls he had received.

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 after which go seek medical attention because she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

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

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were concerned and tried to reach her, however her telephone saved 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 have been in place. The query we now have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton said.

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