South Carolina authorities discovered missing 11-month-old Koah Sharpe inside a wire dog crate buried in a wooded area.
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Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said investigators located the young child after following the desperate sound of his cries, and estimate Sharpe was buried alive under a foot of dirt for approximately 24 hours before he was discovered, according to CNN.
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“Certainly, God is good,” Koon said in a press conference, Tuesday, and shared by News 19.
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The baby was “clinging to life, crying,” Koon said.
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He told the press the baby was “buried in what I would call a dog crate, wrapped in a towel that, by the grace of God, probably provided enough air for him to survive,” he said.
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“It was the most joyful sound you ever heard of a crying baby.”
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The child’s father, Michael Comer, is believed to be responsible for the heinous crime.
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The alarming situation began when Sharpe was left in the care of his paternal grandmother, Monday.
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Comer went to the residence and was left with his young son while the grandmother ran an errand.
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Another caretaker was on the way to the residence, but when they arrived, Comer and the baby were already gone, according to CNN.
By lunchtime Monday, deputies began to investigate.
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They went to Comer’s father’s residence and found the doors open and the baby’s belongings inside, but no sign of Comer or Sharpe.
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Koon said video footage showed Comer at various locations without the baby, but authorities faced the challenge of not being able to issue an Amber Alert because Comer didn’t have a car and wasn’t using one, so there was no license plate to report.
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UPDATE | Missing 11-month-old Koah Sharpe found buried alive in a dog crate in South Carolina.
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He was wrapped in a towel that likely allowed him enough oxygen to breathe.
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His father, Michael Comer, was arrested Monday night on a burglary charge.
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Koah believed to buried for 24hrs.
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“Certainly we got worried, hoping and praying that he dropped the baby with another person,” the sheriff said.
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“As the day went on and nobody came forward, it was certainly more and more concerning.”
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The frantic search for Sharpe led officials to a site not far from Comer’s father’s house, “probably about 50 yards in the woods,” where they discovered what Koon described as “freshly disturbed dirt.”
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“As they probed it, and laid it out, and started digging, you could hear little Koah crying,” he told the press.
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“As you imagine, the race was on.
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Everybody’s getting down there trying to get him out,” Koon said.
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The young baby was rushed to the hospital.
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Comer was arrested on charges of burglary and resisting arrest Monday night, before Sharpe was located.
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Investigators are working with prosecutors to determine additional charges he may face.
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An update on Sharpe’s condition was not disclosed.
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