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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer will not be associated.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital murder fees 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 court and subsequently knew the protocol, the sheriff added.

Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation on the courthouse, they've since learned that no such evaluation or other court docket listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities at the moment are taking a look at all potentialities 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 won't address that until we've got absolute proof that that's what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, unless we are able to completely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are nonetheless searching and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any telephone calls he had obtained.

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 after which go search medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling nicely.

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

Authorities did not notice they have been missing till several hours later.

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

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

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

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