Missing baby found alive buried in dog crate in South Carolina

An 11-month-old baby boy who officials said was taken by his father on Monday was found buried alive in a dog crate Tuesday, a discovery a South Carolina sheriff called joyful.

Koah Sharpe was discovered alive in a dog crate wrapped in a towel, Lexington County Sheriff Bryan Koon told reporters.

“That, by the grace of God, probably provided enough air for him to survive — our estimation is, for the last 24 hours under that dirt,” he said.

Koah, described as a 20-pound boy with reddish hair and who had a pacifier, was taken by his father, Michael Comer, on Monday, the sheriff’s office said.

The crate was found buried around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Koon said, near the home of Comer’s father.

Comer was arrested late Monday in Lexington County on a burglary charge after he was found in an outbuilding, but the baby was not with him, the sheriff’s office said.

On Monday, the boy was in the care of Comer’s mother, Comer came over, and the woman left to run an errand but another caregiver was on the way, Koon said.

“By the time the caregiver got there, Michael was gone and Koah was gone with him,”…

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