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A prison official and an inmate accused of capital murder are missing in Alabama after the inmate failed to show up for a hearing at the courthouse.

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An Alabama corrections deputy and murder suspect have been missing since Friday morning after leaving the jail for a court appointment that did not exist.

Lauderdale County, Alabama, authorities are searching for a sheriffs office employee and an inmate who went missing on their way to the courthouse on Friday at around 9:30 a.m.

Lauderdale County corrections officer, inmate missing LAUDERDALE COUNTY, Ala. - An employee of the Lauderdale County Sheriff’s Office and an inmate at the Lauderdale County Detention Center... #lauderdalecounty #vicki #pressconference #inmate #correctionsofficer #assistantdirector #ricksingleton

Sheriff, are you able to hear me? oh, my goodness. we are going to try to reestablish that connection. oh, wait a minute. im hearing he might be able to hear me. so, sheriff, if youre able to hear me, whats the situation, all right, sheriff singleton, as to do you believe that the corrections officer and the inmate have a planned escape here? >> we dont know for sure. thats certainly something were looking into. were really approaching this from three different angles. one, you know, was she ove...

Us about that? >> other than we discovered that plan and you know, as a result, he was shipped back to the department of corrections at that time. you know, again, we had policy in place and we reiterated that policy with them, that he was to always have two deputies escort him wherever he went. >> all right, curious, indeed. sheriff, please keep us updated as your investigation takes any turns. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> and well be right back.

TodayHeadline Inmate, corrections officer missing from Lauderdale County - WHNT News 19 –

A Lauderdale County corrections officer and a capital murder suspect have been missing since this morning, Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton said. Assistant Director of Corrections... #lauderdalecounty #assistantdirector #countydetentioncenter #caseycolewhite #vickiwhite #courthouse #correctionsofficer #capitalmurdersuspect #ricksingleton

Police have begun a manhunt for an Alabama man charged with murder and a corrections officer expected to transport the man to court Friday.