Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
19%
3 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
CBS News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
8
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A baby was found alive in South Carolina, after apparently being buried in a dog crate for about 24 hours, authorities said Tuesday.
asserted
authorities → find → hours
Eleven-month-old Koah Sharpe had been missing since Monday, when he was taken by his father, Michael Comer, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.
uncertain
he → miss → Department
Comer traveled to multiple locations around Lexington County, the sheriff said, citing investigators.
asserted
sheriff → travel → investigators
He was arrested on a burglary charge by county deputies on Monday night, but his son wasn't with him at the time.
asserted
son → arrest → time
Sharpe was located inside the crate, which was wrapped in a towel, about 50 yards from the home belonging to his grandfather, who is also Comer's father, Sheriff Jay Koon said at a news conference.
asserted
Koon → locate → conference
Search parties, involving almost 100 law enforcement and public safety officers, had been scouring the area for the infant since he went missing.
asserted
he → involve → infant
One group spotted what Koon described as a patch of "freshly disturbed dirt" in a wooded area, Koon said.
asserted
Koon → spot → area
As officers started digging, they could hear Sharpe cry, said Koon.
uncertain
Koon → start → ?
"So, as you imagine, the race was on.
asserted
race → imagine → ?
Everybody's getting down there, trying to get him out," the sheriff said.
asserted
sheriff → get → him
The officers discovered Sharpe "clinging to life," according to Koon, who called the infant's cries "the most joyful sound you ever heard of a crying baby."
uncertain
you → discover → baby
The infant was immediately taken to a hospital for medical treatment.
asserted
infant → take → treatment
Koon said that Sharpe had been in the care of his grandmother, Patricia Comer, on Monday.
asserted
Sharpe → say → Monday
Michael Comer stayed with the baby at her house while she went out to run an errand, and, by the time a scheduled caregiver arrived shortly after, Comer was gone with his son.
asserted
Comer → stay → son
CBS affiliate WLTX reported that, when Patricia Comer learned the infant had been found, she jumped out of her car and shouted, "He's alive!"
asserted
He → report → car
The investigation into what happened to Sharpe was still in its early stages when Koon spoke at Tuesday's conference, and the sheriff said his department was working with the solicitor's office to determine which charges, if any, would be filed in the case.
asserted
charges → happen → case
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