Alabama authorities are searching for a corrections officer and inmate who by no means 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, stated Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The inmate and the corrections officer usually are not related.

Authorities stated Casey White was being held on capital murder costs and two sworn deputies ought to have been with him at all times, including throughout transportation to courtroom.

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

Singleton mentioned that although Casey White was supposedly being transported for a mental well being evaluation at the courthouse, they have since realized that no such analysis or other court hearing for him was scheduled for Friday.

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

Authorities at the moment are taking a look at all prospects of what happened, together with if the corrections officer helped Casey White escape.

"Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know, and we won't address that till we've absolute proof that that is what happened. We are assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will, until we can completely show otherwise," Singleton added.

Authorities stated they're still looking and investigating any interplay between the corrections officer and Casey White, in addition to any telephone calls he had acquired.

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

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

Authorities did not notice they have been missing till a number of hours later.

Her vehicle, a 2013 Ford Taurus patrol car, was first noticed in a shopping mall parking zone round 11 a.m. by someone who was on a lunch break, Singleton stated.

Around 3:30 p.m., officers at the jail had been involved and tried to succeed in her, but 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 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 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 suggests we are assuming he is armed," Singleton added.