Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who by no means made it to court

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 costs and two sworn deputies should have been with him at all times, including during transportation to courtroom.

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

Singleton stated that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a psychological well being evaluation on the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such evaluation or different court docket listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are actually all possibilities of what happened, including 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 till we have absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we will completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're still looking and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone calls he had acquired.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she told the guard she was going to drop him off at the court docket and then go search medical consideration because she wasn't feeling effectively.

The sheriff mentioned Casey White was by no means dropped off at court and Vicki White didn't make it to the place where she said she was going to hunt medical attention.

Authorities didn't notice they have been missing till a number of hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were concerned and tried to reach her, but her telephone stored going straight to voicemail. They then realized Casey White had not been returned to the jail.

Vicki White has been with the department 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 question 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.