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Baby Buried Alive for 24 Hours Found Alive in WoodsWorld
An 11-month-old boy was found alive in a South Carolina wood after about a day buried in a dog crate. His father has been arrested as police investigate.
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An 11-month-old baby who spent around a day buried underground in the woods of South Carolina has been found alive, in a rescue that the local sheriff described as nothing short of a miracle.
The infant, Koah Sharpe, was discovered on Tuesday afternoon wrapped in a towel inside a wire dog crate, buried beneath shallow earth in a wooded area of Lexington County. According to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, the child had been missing since Monday and was believed to have been underground for about 24 hours.
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Sheriff Jay Koon told reporters that search teams heard the baby crying beneath the ground, a sound he called the most joyful he had ever heard. He said the infant was found alive and clinging to life, and was taken to hospital, where doctors hope he will make a full recovery.
How the baby was found
Koah went missing on Monday after being left in the care of his father at his mother’s home while she went out on an errand, the sheriff said. When the family realised the child was gone, they reported him missing and the authorities launched a wide search across the area.
The breakthrough came when members of a search party noticed freshly disturbed dirt in the woods, about 50 yards from the home of the boy’s grandfather. Digging at the spot, they uncovered the small crate, measuring around two feet by two feet, hidden under roughly a foot of soil.
Investigators from the sheriff’s department are now working with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and the FBI to examine the scene and establish exactly what happened in the hours before the child was found.
Father arrested
The baby’s father, Michael Comer, was arrested on Monday night on charges of burglary and resisting arrest, Sheriff Koon said. The sheriff’s department is working with the solicitor’s office to decide what further charges may follow as the investigation continues.
Officials have not yet said what they believe led to the child being buried, and the investigation remains under way. The sheriff’s department said more information would be shared as it becomes available, while the infant continues to receive hospital care.
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