normally it s two deputies per van. this time it was just the deputy and the inmate. the sheriff says since she is in charge of the detention center, nobody questioned her. the sheriff office says last week after about two decades with department, she put in her retirement papers. friday was supposed to be her last day. casey white was already serving 75 years for a rash of crimes. next month he s scheduled to go on trial on two counts of capitol murder for the stabbing death of conny ridge way in 2015. tonight investigators are hopeful he ll be back behind bars soon. keep in mind that casey white is a large individual. he is 6 9 . he will stand out. right now there s a lot of questions about how this played out. of course vicky white worked here for more than 15 years. so there s a lot of shock in terms of the deputies who work here about exactly what happened. thai hoping to get a tip that leads them to a break in this
of the year four times. she recently filed retirement papers and talked about life at the beach. do you think someone out there knows where they are i really in my heart of hearts don t believe anyone knows where they are i could be wrong if they do, they need to come forward and assist us in locating them for someone gets hurt. reporter: adding pressure to the manhunt as night falls again. maggie vespa, nbc news we re back in a moment with the southwestern wild fires that exploded inside officials warning they could get even worse plus an nbc news investigation. coaches accused of abuse now showing up elsewhere coaching other children
mental health evaluation. he was serving a 75 year term and home invasion and murderer for hire. by 3:00 p.m. there was no sign of either one of them and they learned there was no mental health evaluation scheduled. that patrol car they were in was found abandoned at a shopping center. 20 agents from different law enforcement organizations are trying to work the case. one potential red flag vickie white put in her retirement papers one day before this escape. dana, back to you. dana: steve, thank you for that. bill: what a story. thank you, steve. meanwhile president biden joking about his job approval ratings at the white house correspondents dinner that went like this. president biden: special thanks to the 42% who have actually applauded. i m really excited to be here tonight with the only group of americans with a lower approval
this morning a manhunt is under way for alabama corrections officer vicki white and inn inmate named casey white, no relation, by the way, after she left with him for a supposed mental health evaluation at the courthouse on friday. cnn s nadia romero is live for us in atlanta with more here. nadia, she s actually the assistant director of correctiones in lauderdale county, a trusted official. reporter: brianna, the sheriff says he s shocked just like everyone that this could happen because she s been with the department for nearly 17 years, she s had that title for the past several years and she would have had access to all of the prisoners, including inmate casey white. now, the sheriff tells us she put in her retirement papers on thursday which would have been the day before the escape.
dangerous prisoner while he was transported. the fact that she violated policy, which is something she had never done, she has an unblemished record. vicky white is 56 years old, and a widow with no children. she has been with the department 17 years. but the sheriff says that the day before she went missing, she submitted her retirement papers. the investigators found her patrol car abandoned at this shopping center. all indications are that she assisted him escape. the question we re trying to answer, and we may not be able to answer this until we get her back safely, is did she do that willingly, or was someone from outside threatening her. casey white was serving time for a crime spree that included a home invasion and carnaling. in 2020, white was also charged with two counts of capital murder. after confessing to the 2015 stabbing of connie ridgway. white later pleaded not guilty and tried to escape the same