Alabama authorities are looking for a corrections officer and inmate who never 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 associated.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital homicide prices and two sworn deputies should have been with him always, including during transportation to court.

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

Singleton said that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation at the courthouse, they've since learned that no such evaluation or different court docket hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities are now all possibilities 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 won't address that till we now have absolute proof that that is what occurred. We are assuming at this level that she was taken against her will, until we can absolutely show otherwise," Singleton added.

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

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she instructed 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 nicely.

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

Authorities did not realize they were lacking 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 stated.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail have been concerned 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 division for 25 years and is eligible for retirement -- which she has talked about doing in the previous few months, Singleton added.

"All precautions had been in place. The query we have for Director White is why she violated policy," Singleton stated.

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