Family of Alabama jail officer who ‘helped an inmate escape’ says she wouldn’t have gone willingly

The family of an Alabama jail official who disappeared with a murder inmate on Friday says she was a ‘sweet person’ who wouldn’t have helped a ‘killer’ escape, as investigators zero in on ‘bogus claims’ she made before picking him up from jail.

Assistant Director of Corrections Vicky White, 56, picked up inmate Casey White, 38, from the Lauderdale County Jail at 9:41am.

She told a booking officer she was taking him to the county courthouse for a mental health evaluation, but no such evaluation was scheduled that day. She also said she was going to a medical appointment for herself, which also never happened.

An hour and a half later, they were both missing and her patrol car was found abandoned at a nearby shopping center.

‘All indications are that Director White was involved and…