Alabama corrections officer wanted for allegedly helping inmate escape
by Associated Press in Florence, Alabama from US news | The Guardian on (#5YSJ8)
Inmate Casey Cole White and Vicky White, assistant director of corrections, are both still missing after leaving jail Friday
Authorities issued an arrest warrant on Monday for a corrections official who they say helped an inmate arrested on a murder charge escape from an Alabama jail. The search for the pair continued.
The inmate, Casey Cole White, 38, disappeared on Friday after he left the Lauderdale county detention center in the city of Florence with Vicky White, the facility's assistant director of corrections. They have not been seen since.
This article was amended on 2 May 2022 to correct the headline. The inmate has been charged with murder and will go to trial next month, rather than convicted as originally stated.
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