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

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital murder prices and two sworn deputies should have been with him always, together with throughout transportation to court.

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

Singleton stated that though Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health analysis at the courthouse, they've since realized that no such analysis or different court docket listening to for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Knowing 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 now all potentialities of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we don't know, and we cannot tackle that till now we have absolute proof that that's what occurred. We are assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, unless we will completely prove in any other case," Singleton added.

Authorities mentioned they are nonetheless looking out and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, as well as any phone calls he had obtained.

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

The sheriff stated Casey White was never dropped off at court docket and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she mentioned she was going to seek medical attention.

Authorities did not notice they had been lacking till a number of hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail have been involved and tried to succeed in her, however her phone saved 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 few months, Singleton added.

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

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