Alabama authorities are trying to find a corrections officer and inmate who never 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 should not associated.

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

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

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

"Knowing the inmate, I feel 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 looking at all possibilities of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't deal with that till we've got absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we can absolutely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're nonetheless looking out and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any phone calls he had received.

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she informed the guard she was going to drop him off at the courtroom after which go search medical consideration as a result of she wasn't feeling well.

The sheriff mentioned Casey White was by no means dropped off at court and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she mentioned she was going to seek medical consideration.

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

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol automotive, was first spotted in a shopping mall parking zone around 11 a.m. by somebody who was on a lunch break, Singleton said.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been involved and tried to succeed in her, but her phone kept 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 last few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions were in place. The query 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 suggests we are assuming he is armed," Singleton added.