An inmate for murder escaped with an officer from a US prison

The authorities of USA They are offering a $10,000 reward for any information on an inmate and guard who went missing from a north Alabama jail.

the prisoner is Casey Cole White38 years old, who was arrested for homicide in it Lauderdale County Detention Center in Florence, Alabama, about 75 miles (121 kilometers) west of Huntsville.

This image provided by the US Marshals Service shows fugitive Casey Cole White. (U.S. Marshals Service via AP).

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The prisoner and the deputy director of the prison, Vicky White, 56, left the site on Friday morning for a court, police said in a Facebook post on Saturday. Authorities say there is no relationship between the two.

“Casey White is considered a serious threat to the officer and the entire community,” Marty Keely, U.S. Marshal for North America, said in a statement Sunday. Alabama.

Vicki White, deputy director of the Lauderdale County Detention Center. (Lauderdale County Police via AP)

Being in state prison in 2020, Casey confessed to stabbing Connie Ridgeway to death in 2015WHNT-TV reported.

Vicki White He has been with the department for 16 years. At a news conference on Friday, Singleton said she was armed when she left the place with the prisonerwhom she was taking to court for what she said was a psychological evaluation. She was alone with the inmate at the time which violated department policy.

“Our policy is that any inmate accused of such crimes has to be escorted by at least two police officers. And that’s not what happened.”Singleton said.

He added that there was no psychological evaluation scheduled for the inmate that day in court.

The vehicle that the two took when leaving the detention center was found in the parking lot of a nearby shopping center.indicated the police.

Vicky White had told her colleagues that she had a doctor’s appointment that day, which was confirmed, but the police said that she never went to the appointment. Authorities say no one realized the two were missing until about six hours after they left the prison. The police tried to call Vicky White but only received the answering machine.

Source: Elcomercio