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

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, said Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer are usually not related.

Authorities mentioned Casey White was being held on capital homicide prices and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, together with during transportation to court.

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

Singleton said that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation on the courthouse, they have since discovered that no such evaluation or different courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Understanding the inmate, I feel she's in peril whatever the circumstances... He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

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

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we can't deal with that till we've got absolute proof that that's what happened. We are assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, unless we will absolutely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

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

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she advised the guard she was going to drop him off on the courtroom and then go seek medical attention as a result of she wasn't feeling well.

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

Authorities did not notice they were lacking till several hours later.

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

Round 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been involved and tried to reach her, however her cellphone kept 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 we've got for Director White is why she violated policy," 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 suggests we are assuming he is armed," Singleton added.