Alabama authorities are looking for 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, mentioned Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer will not be related.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital homicide costs and two sworn deputies should have been with him always, together with throughout transportation to courtroom.

Vicki White coordinates all transports from the detention heart 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 psychological well being evaluation at the courthouse, they've since realized that no such evaluation or different court hearing 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 stated.

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

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we cannot tackle that till we've absolute proof that that is what occurred. We're assuming at this point that she was taken in opposition to her will, until we are able to absolutely show in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities said they are still looking out and investigating any interaction between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any telephone calls he had received.

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

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

Authorities did not notice they had been lacking till several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail were involved and tried to achieve her, but 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 department for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the last few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions have been in place. The question 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 means we are assuming he's armed," Singleton added.