Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who never made it to court docket

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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are not associated.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital murder prices and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, together with during transportation to courtroom.

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 although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being analysis on the courthouse, they've since learned that no such evaluation or different court docket listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Realizing 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 said.

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

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

Authorities mentioned they're nonetheless 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 at the court docket and then go search medical attention because she wasn't feeling well.

The sheriff stated 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 lacking till a number of hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail were concerned and tried to achieve her, but her phone 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 few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions were in place. The query now we have for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton said.

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