“What that tells us is that the patrol automobile left the detention heart and went straight to the car parking zone” the place it was deserted and later discovered by officers, the sheriff mentioned. “There was not sufficient time for them to even try to attempt to come to the courthouse.”

It now seems to be probably Vicky White acted of her personal free will, the sheriff mentioned.

“If she did this willingly, and all indications are that she did,” Singleton informed CNN’s Ryan Younger. “I suppose we’re making an attempt to carry on to that final straw of hope that possibly for some purpose she was threatened and did this underneath coercion… however completely you’d really feel betrayed,” Singleton mentioned Monday.

“All of her co-workers are devastated. We have by no means had any state of affairs like this with Vicky White. She was a mannequin worker,” Singleton informed Younger.

Shortly earlier than her disappearance, Vicky White mentioned she had additionally deliberate to get medical care as a result of she wasn’t feeling effectively, Singleton mentioned. However she by no means arrived.

Video safety footage within the space the place the patrol automobile was discovered did not flip up any proof exhibiting what occurred to the 2, the sheriff mentioned.

“We’re nonetheless aggressively pursuing each lead that we get,” he mentioned. “The largest impediment we have now proper now’s we nonetheless would not have a automobile description for no matter automobile they might have transferred into.”

No proof of a romantic relationship, however ‘it is a chance’

Vicky White was referred to as an “exemplary worker” with “an unblemished report,” the sheriff mentioned.

“All of her co-workers, all the staff within the sheriff’s workplace, the judges, all have essentially the most utmost respect for her,” Singleton mentioned.

The corrections officer is a widow with no kids, and her mom and two brothers stay in Lauderdale County, based on the sheriff.

After about 20 years with the division, Vicky White submitted her retirement papers final week, the sheriff mentioned. The day she and Casey White disappeared was alleged to be her final day at work, Singleton mentioned Monday.

She had talked about retiring for 3 or 4 months earlier than Friday’s incident, offered her residence a few month in the past, and thought of transferring to the seashore, the sheriff mentioned.

The corrections officer would have had cash from the latest sale of her home, the sheriff mentioned, however her retirement fund paperwork had not but been processed.

Regardless of her stellar skilled repute, Vicky White violated protocol Friday when she eliminated Casey White from the detention heart by herself, the sheriff mentioned. The coverage required Casey White to be escorted by two sworn deputies.

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

The sheriff mentioned there is not any clear proof as as to whether Vicky White and Casey White had a private relationship.

Because the county’s assistant director of corrections, Vicky White “was regularly all through the cell blocks, has contact with all of the inmates at one time or one other,” Singleton mentioned.

“However so far as a romantic relationship or one thing like that, we have now no proof or proof that that was the case, though it is a chance.”

‘She’s undoubtedly in peril — willingly or not’

Casey White was serving 75 years for a sequence of crimes in 2015, together with a house invasion, carjacking and a police chase, based on the US Marshals Service, which is now main the investigation into the disappearance of the inmate and Vicky White.

Casey White additionally faces two counts of capital homicide for the stabbing loss of life of 58-year-old Connie Ridgeway in 2015, the US Marshals mentioned.

In 2020, Casey White confessed to the killing after which pleaded not responsible, Lauderdale County District Legal professional Chris Connolly mentioned.

The Alabama Corrections Division web site lists Casey White as an inmate on the William E. Donaldson Correction Facility in Jefferson County. He had been transferred to the Lauderdale County detention heart in February for court docket appearances within the homicide case, based on Singleton.

Now, with the homicide suspect at giant and the corrections official lacking, “The neighborhood after all is worried, as are we,” Singleton mentioned.

“She’s undoubtedly in peril, willingly or not. This man’s nobody to mess with,” the sheriff mentioned.

“He is 6-foot-9, weighs someplace round 250 kilos. … We’re assuming he is armed as a result of she was armed.”

The US Marshals Service is providing a reward of as much as $10,000 for info resulting in the situation of Vicky White and the seize of Casey White.

“You should not attempt to strategy both of these people as a result of we take into account each of them harmful, and perhaps, each people are armed,” US Marshal Marty Keely mentioned Monday.

In 2020, Casey White deliberate to flee the jail and take a hostage, however detention heart staff caught him, Singleton mentioned.

The jail then established a coverage mandating two sworn deputies accompany him always, together with throughout transportation to the courthouse, the sheriff mentioned.

“He was in jail for capital homicide, and he had nothing to lose,” the sheriff mentioned.

“Whether or not she assisted him or not, we do not know. And we cannot handle that till we have now absolute proof that that is what occurred. We’re assuming at this level that she was taken towards her will until we are able to completely show in any other case. However regardless, even when she did help him, we expect she’s in peril.”

“As a mom, I did not know the way to act as a result of I believed at first it was a mistake,” Davis mentioned. “After which after I came upon for positive it was, it was simply disbelief.”

The mom mentioned her daughter did not discuss a lot about work and by no means spoke about Casey White.

“I did not know something about him,” Davis mentioned. “We do not know if she was took by drive or if she was voluntarily on this. However we simply need her again. That is all we wish.”