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Missing baby rescued after being buried alive in a dog crate in South Carolina

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An 11-month-old baby named Koah Sharp was rescued Tuesday after being buried alive for about 24 hours in a dog crate by his father, Michael Comer, in South Carolina. Dozens of first responders searched the area before finding Koah wrapped in a towel with an air pocket that likely saved him. The child's father was arrested on burglary charges and is being held without bond.
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Koah Sharp, an 11-month-old baby boy, was discovered alive on Tuesday morning after being buried in a dog crate for about 24 hours near Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington County, South Carolina. The search involved around 100 emergency responders, who heard the baby crying as they dug through the soil. Sheriff Jay Koon stated that Koah was found wrapped in a towel inside the wire crate, creating an air pocket that likely helped him survive the ordeal.

The infant's father, Michael Comer, 25, was arrested on Monday night and later charged with attempted murder and other counts, including unlawful conduct toward a child. Police believe that Koah survived due to cool temperatures and limited oxygen from the towel wrapping around the crate below ground level. The baby is expected to make a full recovery after being released from the hospital on Tuesday night.

The case has drawn significant attention and involvement from various law enforcement agencies, highlighting the severity of the situation and the successful coordinated response by local authorities.

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CBCThis outlet11 Nov

An 11-month-old baby named Koah Sharp was rescued Tuesday after being buried alive for about 24 hours in a dog crate by his father, Michael Comer, in South Carolina. Dozens of first responders searched the area before finding Koah wrapped in a towel with an air pocket that likely saved him. The child's father was arrested on burglary charges and is being held without bond.

Missing baby rescued after being buried alive in a dog crate in South Carolina (this article)
NBC News11 Nov

Michael Comer, 25, has been charged with attempted murder and other counts after his 11-month-old son Koah Sharp was found alive but buried in a dog crate for about 24 hours near Comer’s father's home in Lexington County, South Carolina. Searchers heard the baby crying and dug him out Tuesday afternoon; he is expected to fully recover due to an air pocket created by a towel wrapping the crate. The FBI and other…

Father charged with attempted murder after baby survives being buried in crate →2 articles from NBC News on this story
Daily Mail11 Nov

Dezarae Sharp’s 11-month-old son, Koah, was found alive but critically injured after being buried for about 24 hours in a shallow grave near his paternal grandfather's home in South Carolina. Sharp claims her ex-partner Michael Comer sent a disturbing text mentioning a "dumpster baby" before the incident. Comer was arrested on burglary charges but has not been charged regarding Koah’s disappearance. The suspect's…

Mom of baby buried alive for 24 hours shares highly disturbing text 'ex sent her around time infant vanished'… as suspect's own mother says she has disowned him →2 articles from Daily Mail on this story
New York Post12 Nov

An 11-month-old baby named Koah Sharp was buried alive by his father for over 24 hours in a dog crate wrapped in a towel and buried in dirt, but miraculously survived and was released from the hospital shortly after being found on Tuesday evening. Michael Comer, 25, faces charges including attempted murder and unlawful conduct toward a child. The incident occurred when Koah’s mother had left to run an errand…

11-month-old baby buried alive for over 24 hours miraculously released from hospital as dad is charged with attempted murder →2 articles from New York Post on this story
The Independent11 Nov

An 11-month-old baby boy named Koah Sharpe is hospitalized after being found buried alive in a dog crate for over 24 hours by his father, Michael Comer, who allegedly took him from his caregivers. Found wrapped in a towel and buried in shallow dirt near his paternal grandfather’s house in South Carolina, rescue teams heard the baby crying before extracting him, though he remains critically ill but stable. The search…

Father arrested after baby boy found buried alive in dog crate →2 articles from The Independent on this story
ABC News (US)11 Nov

Koah Sharpe, an 11-month-old boy from South Carolina who was taken by his father Michael Comer, was found buried alive in a dog crate after about 24 hours of searching. The sheriff stated that the child was discovered "clinging to life" and is now receiving medical care at a hospital with hope for recovery. During this time, nearly 100 first responders were involved in the search efforts, leading to the discovery…

Missing 11-month-old boy taken by father found buried alive after 24 hours: Sheriff →
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The Straits Times11 Nov

On November 10, an 11-month-old boy named Koah Sharpe was found alive in South Carolina after being reported missing for about 24 hours. He was discovered wrapped in a towel and buried shallowly in woods near his father's home. His father, Michael Comer, had been arrested the previous night on charges of burglary and resisting arrest; authorities are considering additional charges. Koah was left in his father’s care…

Baby boy found alive in US after believed buried for 24 hours, police say →
The Guardian11 Nov

Koah Sharpe, an 11-month-old boy from South Carolina, was found alive after being buried in a dog crate wrapped in a towel beneath the surface of the ground for approximately 24 hours. The infant went missing on Monday while under his father Michael Comer’s care and was discovered by a search party near disturbed soil about 50 yards from the house where he disappeared. Sheriff Jay Koon praised the efforts of the…

Baby found alive after being buried in dog crate for 24 hours, South Carolina police say →
CBS News11 Nov

A baby named Koah Sharpe was found alive after being buried in a dog crate for about 24 hours near his grandfather's home in South Carolina. The infant had been missing since Monday when he was taken by his father, Michael Comer. Search parties involving nearly 100 officers located the baby after noticing disturbed soil and hearing cries from inside the crate wrapped in a towel. Koah was immediately hospitalized for…

Baby found "clinging to life" after being buried in crate for 24 hours →
Toronto Sun11 Nov

An 11-month-old boy named Koah Sharpe was found alive after being buried for about 24 hours near a wooded area in South Carolina. The baby's father, Michael Comer, was arrested on a burglary charge but not with Koah at the time of his arrest. Patricia Comer, the infant’s paternal grandmother and a weekend caregiver, expressed shock over her son's actions, describing them as "pure evil." Koah was found wrapped in a…

Baby found alive buried in a dog crate in South Carolina: ‘PURE EVIL’ →
Global News11 Nov

An 11-month-old boy named Koah Sharpe was found alive after being buried in a dog crate for about 24 hours near Lexington County, South Carolina. Police discovered him during a search involving nearly 100 officials; he had been taken by his father, Michael Comer, who is now charged with burglary and resisting arrest. The sheriff emphasized the baby’s survival, attributing it partly to the insulation provided by the…

Missing 11-month-old boy rescued after being buried alive in dog crate →
The Daily Wire11 Nov

Koah Sharpe, an 11-month-old from South Carolina, was found alive after being buried in a dog crate for approximately 24 hours near Batesburg-Leesville. An extensive search involving nearly 100 first responders led to the discovery of the infant crying when rescued from the shallowly buried crate. Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon suggested that the crate and cooler temperatures likely contributed to the baby’s…

11-Month-Old Found Buried Alive In Dog Crate →
Toronto Star11 Nov

In South Carolina, an 11-month-old infant named Koah Sharp went missing while his grandmother was away running errands. After a day-long search involving numerous first responders, authorities discovered him buried alive in a dog crate with a towel nearby, in freshly disturbed soil near his grandfather’s home. The sheriff reported that the boy was found "clinging to life" after 24 hours of being hidden.

Missing South Carolina infant rescued after being buried alive in a dog crate for 24 hours →
BBC11 Nov

An 11-month-old child named Koah Sharpe was found alive but in critical condition after being buried for about 24 hours by his father, Michael Comer, who had taken the baby on Monday. Rescuers discovered Sharpe crying in a crate near Comer’s father's house when they noticed disturbed soil and began digging; police are still deciding further charges against Comer, who was arrested earlier for burglary unrelated to…

Missing 11-month-old baby found buried alive in a crate in South Carolina →
The Blaze11 Nov

Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon reported that an 11-month-old boy named Koah Sharp was buried alive by his father, Michael Comer, in a dog crate for 24 hours in South Carolina woods. The baby was found after rescuers heard him crying on Tuesday afternoon. Authorities had initiated the search following a missing persons report filed Monday when both Koah and his father were nowhere to be found at their last known…

Baby taken by father buried alive in dog crate in woods, cops say — then 24 hours later rescuers hear 'the most joyful sound' →
Sydney Morning Herald12 Nov

In Lexington County, South Carolina, an 11-month-old boy named Koah Sharp was found alive after being buried in a dog crate for about 24 hours. The boy's father, Michael Comer, has been charged with attempted murder and other offenses; he is currently in custody. Authorities discovered the child when they heard his cries during a search involving nearly 100 first responders. Koah was rescued from beneath freshly…

Baby survives after allegedly being buried alive in dog crate →

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“As they probed it and laid it out and started digging, you could hear little Koah crying,” the sheriff said.

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Search parties, involving almost 100 law enforcement and public safety officers, had been scouring the area for the infant since he went missing.

5 outlets

"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 said.

5 outlets

Deputies went to Comer’s father’s home around noon Monday and found the doors open and baby belongings in the house but no sign of Comer or the baby, Koon said.

4 outlets

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The headlines (10)

Missing 11-month-old boy taken by father found buried alive after 24 hours: Sheriff ABC News · attributed to a source

Baby boy found alive in US after believed buried for 24 hours, police say The Straits Times · attributed to a source

Baby found alive after being buried in dog crate for 24 hours, South Carolina police say The Guardian · attributed to a source

Missing baby found alive buried in dog crate in South Carolina NBC News · stated as fact

Missing 11-month-old baby boy is found buried alive in dog crate with 'enough oxygen to breathe' as dad is arrested Daily Mail · stated as fact

Missing 11-month-old miraculously survives being buried alive 24 hours after his dad disappeared with him New York Post · stated as fact

Baby boy found alive in dog crate after being 'buried for 24 hours' The Independent · stated as fact

Baby found "clinging to life" after being buried in crate for 24 hours CBS News · stated as fact

Baby found alive buried in a dog crate in South Carolina: ‘PURE EVIL’ Toronto Sun · stated as fact

Missing 11-month-old boy rescued after being buried alive in dog crate Global News · stated as fact

Words to watch (1)

Mom of baby buried alive for 24 hours shares highly disturbing text 'ex sent her around time infant vanished'… as suspect's own mother says she has disowned him Daily Mail

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The Daily Wire
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The Independent
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The Guardian
Hedges 2 of 14 claims Outlet record 65/100
NBC News
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BBC News
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CBS News
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Toronto Sun
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Story

Baby Buried Alive Rescued Charged
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How this article was measured signals, leaning charts, publisher record, byline, topics and claims

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Claims extracted
32
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
2 of 32 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
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Publisher signals
60/100
CBC News's corrections and hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
20
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
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Publisher

CBC News · 888 article(s) · 2 correction(s) detected
Running correction rate · 2 correction(s)

Who wrote this

No reporter is named on this article, beyond the feed's “CBC”.

Topics

Lexington Lexington County South Carolina The Associated Press the Lexington County Sheriff's office

Subjects

Comer PERSON · 6× Koah PERSON · 6× Koon PERSON · 5× Lexington County GPE · 3× The Associated Press ORG · 3× Michael Comer PERSON · 2× South Carolina GPE · 2× Jay Koon PERSON · 1× Koah Sharp PERSON · 1× the Lexington County Sheriff's office ORG · 1×

Narrative

Missing baby rescued after being buried alive in a dog crate in South Carolina Searchers found the infant wrapped in a towel about 24 hours after he was reported missing A missing 11-month-old infant was rescued Tuesday after being buried alive in a dog crate in South Carolina.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-11
Cool temperatures may also have helped.

Claims (32 extracted, 2 hedged)

Missing baby rescued after being buried alive in a dog crate in South Carolina Searchers found the infant wrapped in a towel about 24 hours after he was reported missing A missing 11-month-old infant was rescued Tuesday after being buried alive in a dog crate in South Carolina. asserted
infant → miss → Carolina
A county sheriff says little Koah Sharp had been underground for about 24 hours but survived, likely due to an air pocket created by a towel wrapped around the crate. asserted
Sharp → say → crate
Cool temperatures may also have helped. uncertain
temperatures → help → ?
Dozens of first responders combed the countryside for the "bright boy with reddish blond hair" that the sheriff's office said had disappeared while his grandmother ran errands. asserted
grandmother → comb → errands
After a full day of searching, authorities found freshly disturbed soil in the woods not far from the home of the boy's grandfather. asserted
authorities → search → grandfather
They began digging and soon unearthed the baby, who was "clinging to life," the sheriff said. asserted
sheriff → begin → life
"Certainly, God is good," Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said at a news conference, not long after Koah was found. asserted
Koah → say → conference
"He was screaming at the top of his lungs, which is a good thing in the baby world, I would guess." asserted
I → scream → world
A photo provided by the Lexington County Sheriff's office in Lexington, S.C., shows Michael Comer in custody after his son was found buried alive. asserted
son → provide → custody
The child's father, Michael Comer, 25, was arrested and was being held without bond on a burglary charge, Koon said. asserted
Koon → arrest → charge
Investigators were working with prosecutors to confirm further charges, he said. asserted
he → work → charges
Koah, who disappeared Monday in the county just west of Columbia, was taken to a hospital. asserted
who → disappear → hospital
His condition was not immediately known Wednesday. asserted
condition → know → ?
"We're better now that we know that Koah is safe," his great aunt, Amber Hammond, told The Associated Press in an interview. asserted
aunt → know → interview
She was watching as he was freed from the crate. asserted
he → watch → crate
100 people helped in search Deputies who searched the grandfather's home found the doors open and baby belongings inside, but they did not see Comer or the child, the sheriff said. asserted
sheriff → help → Comer
Then the digging started. asserted
digging → start → ?
"It was shallow," Koon said. asserted
Koon → say → ?
It was not immediately known if Comer had a lawyer. asserted
Comer → know → lawyer
A phone number could not be found for him. uncertain
number → find → him
The Associated Press sent emails seeking information to the public defender and prosecutors. asserted
Press → send → defender
Nearly 100 first responders participated in the search. asserted
responders → participate → search
Authorities said Koah had been in the care of Comer's mother. asserted
Koah → say → mother
She had to run an errand and left the boy in Comer's care. asserted
She → have → care
Another caregiver was on the way, Koon said. asserted
Koon → say → way
"By the time the caregiver got there, Michael was gone, and Koah was gone with him," Koon said. asserted
Koon → get → him
Quebec toddler found alive and well after intensive 4-day search, police say B.C. man who went missing in mountains for several days found alive Surveillance video from several businesses in the area showed Comer without the infant on Monday afternoon, Koon said. asserted
Koon → find → afternoon
The father was found Monday night and was arrested. asserted
father → find → ?
Koah's parents "have had some situations" regarding domestic violence charges, the sheriff said. asserted
sheriff → have → charges
"Children," he said, "sometimes get caught in the middle. asserted
he → say → middle
Comer was sentenced to probation in October after pleading guilty to domestic violence and aggravated breach-of-peace charges related to an arrest in July, Lexington County online court records show. asserted
records → sentence → July
Prosecutors dropped a gun charge as part of the plea deal. asserted
Prosecutors → drop → deal
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