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 usually are not associated.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide prices and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, together with throughout transportation to courtroom.

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

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

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

Authorities at the moment are all prospects of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we can't handle that till we have now absolute proof that that's what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, unless we will completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

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

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

Authorities didn't realize they had been lacking till a number of hours later.

Her automobile, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automobile, was first noticed in a shopping center parking lot round 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton mentioned.

Round 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail have been involved and tried to reach 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 few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions had been in place. The query we've got for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton mentioned.

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.