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Missing 11-month-old miraculously survives being buried alive in dog crate after dad vanishes with him
An 11-month-old baby boy has miraculously survived being buried alive in a dog crate in South Carolina, over 24 hours after he had reportedly been kidnapped by his father.
According to WIS 10 and Lexington County authorities, Koah Sharpe was discovered over a day after his disappearance, stranded inside a dog crate, covered in a towel and buried in a shallow hole.
Baby goes inexplicably missing
Sharpe had been taken by his father, Michael Comer, on Monday, with investigators finding the boy the following day after Koah and his father inexplicably disappeared.
According to reports, Koah was with his grandmother, Comer’s mother, before briefly leaving him in his father’s care while another carer was on the way, but when they arrived neither Koah, nor Comer were at the house.
“By the time the caregiver got there, Michael was gone and Koah was gone with him,” the sheriff revealed.
“To be able to issue an Amber Alert, you have to have a known description of a car and a license plate to put that out,” Koon said.
According to the Justice Department, law enforcement agencies require adequate descriptions of the missing child, suspect, and abduction before an Amber Alert can be given.
With over 100 first responders involved in the search for baby Koah, his belongings were allegedly discovered at Comer’s residence on Monday afternoon, after both doors to the house were left open.
Sheriff Koon revealed that Comer had been “bumming rides, calling rides, just getting rides from place to place,” before he was located in a shed in Batesburg and arrested for burglary and resisting arrest.
“Of course, he didn’t have much to say about the whereabouts of the baby at that time,” Koon said.
Baby found buried alive in dog crate
Following the arrest, authorities continued to look for missing Koah, before making the chilling discovery of “freshly disturbed dirt” near the family’s house, where Koah’s cries could be heard.
“So as you imagine, the race was on. Everybody’s getting down there trying to get him out.”
The baby boy had been buried in a two-by-two foot crate, with the sheriff revealing: “He was screaming at the top of his lungs, which is a good thing in the baby world, I would guess.
“Hopefully at 11 months old, he will not remember much of this as he grows older, just to have a great inspiring story to tell,” Koon added.
According to the local news station, which cited court records, Comer was arrested on Monday just a month after being placed on probation following a guilty plea to aggravated breach of peace.
As yet, no motive has been established while Koah’s father remains in prison as investigations continue into the disappearance.