Photo of murder suspect taken before he vanished with corrections officer is released

An Alabama inmate who disappeared with a corrections officer whereas being transported to court docket for a non-existent appointment is seen in new surveillance photographs in jail earlier than his disappearance.

Casey Cole White, 38, went lacking alongside Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Workplace Assistant Director of Corrections Vicki White, 56.

Cole was seen in photographs launched Sunday, Might 1, clad in an orange jail outfit, strolling the halls of the jail simply earlier than he disappeared.

The convicted assassin and the corrections officer had been final seen about 9:30 a.m. Friday  April 29, once they left the native jail, officers mentioned.

A manhunt is underway for the 2, who aren’t associated although they share the identical final title.

Vicki White informed colleagues she was bringing the inmate to a psychological well being analysis, however there was no such appointment on the court docket’s schedule, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton mentioned Friday.

Vicki White had additionally mentioned that after dropping the prisoner off, she was going to hunt medical consideration as a result of she didn’t really feel nicely, Singleton mentioned. 

She was alone when she transported the accused assassin, “a strict violation of coverage,” Singleton mentioned at a press convention. 

The US Marshals Service is providing a $10,000 reward for data that results in Casey Cole White’s seize.

Casey White “is believed to be a critical risk to the corrections officer and the general public,” Marty Keely, US Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama, mentioned in a press release.

The inmate was charged with two counts of capital homicide in September 2020 within the stabbing dying of Connie Ridgeway, 58, the company mentioned.

He had been serving a 75-year sentence for a 2015 crime spree, together with holding six folks at gunpoint, and taking pictures one among them and a canine.

Vicki White has been with the division virtually 17 years and she or he was voted by her friends as Supervisor or Worker of the Yr in 4 of the final seven years.

Somebody noticed her patrol automobile in a shopping mall car parking zone on Saturday, April 30, Singleton mentioned.

Authorities searched surveillance footage within the space the place the automobile was discovered, however didn’t flip up any proof displaying the 2 moving into one other automobile, CNN reported.

“We proceed to view video footage for doable leads however have recovered nothing that has had a major affect on the investigation,” Singleton mentioned, including that investigators don’t know whether or not they’re nonetheless in Alabama.

In 2020, Casey White deliberate to flee the jail and take a hostage, however staffers caught him, Singleton informed CNN.

The ability then established a coverage requiring two deputies to accompany him always, together with throughout transportation to the courthouse, he informed the community.