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

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 aren't associated.

Authorities said Casey White was being held on capital murder fees and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him always, including during transportation to court.

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental health evaluation at the courthouse, they've since discovered that no such evaluation or other courtroom hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

"Figuring out the inmate, I think she's in danger regardless of the circumstances... He was in jail for capital murder, and he had nothing to lose," Singleton said.

Authorities are actually all prospects of what happened, including if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we cannot address that till we've absolute proof that that is what happened. We're assuming at this point that she was taken against her will, except we will completely prove otherwise," Singleton added.

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

When Vicki White escorted Casey White out of the jail, she instructed the guard she was going to drop him off at the courtroom and then go seek medical consideration because she wasn't feeling properly.

The sheriff mentioned Casey White was by no means dropped off at court docket and Vicki White did not make it to the place where she stated she was going to hunt medical consideration.

Authorities didn't notice they were lacking until several hours later.

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

Around 3:30 p.m., officers on the jail had been concerned and tried to reach her, but her telephone kept 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 were in place. The question we now have for Director White is why she violated coverage," Singleton stated.

Casey White is 6'9" tall is being considered armed and harmful. Vicki White "was armed with a 9 mm handgun, which suggests we're assuming he is armed," Singleton added.