11-Month-Old Boy Rescued Alive After Being Buried in Dog Cage in South Carolina
11-month-old boy rescued after being buried alive in South Carolina: Rescuers heard the child crying as they dug in woods in Lexington County. Koah Sharpe was found wrapped in a towel and is being treated in hospital, where he is expected to fully recover. His father, Michael Comer, 25, was located the previous evening, but has not said where the boy was.
11-month-old boy rescued after being buried alive in South Carolina, Digi Mart USA News (Lexington County, South Carolina): Authorities in South Carolina said an 11-month-old boy was rescued after being buried alive in a dog cage, according to ABC News as cited by the publisher source.
Koah Sharpe was found Tuesday afternoon “between life and death” after spending what appears to be 24 hours underground, according to Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon. The baby was found wrapped in a towel, buried in the ground in the woods, crying loudly, the sheriff said at a press briefing.
Law enforcement began searching Monday afternoon for Koah Sharpe and his father, Michael Comer, 25. The child had been left in his father’s care at the mother’s home while she ran an errand.
Another person was due to visit the house, but when they arrived the father and son had gone, Koon said.
Deputies located the man Monday evening in the Batesburg-Leesville area, but the boy was still missing. Nearly 100 rescuers were deployed.
On Tuesday afternoon, while searching near the home of Comer’s father, they found freshly disturbed earth about 50 meters inside the woods.
“While they were probing, clearing debris and starting to dig, you could hear little Koah crying. As you can imagine, it was a race against time, and everyone did their best to get him out,” the sheriff said.
He added that the baby is being treated in a hospital, where he “should fully recover.”
Koon said the initial theory is that the father buried the child the day before he was discovered. Placed in a dog cage, the baby may have been able to breathe thanks to the towel wrapped around him, which may have created an air pocket.
“I hope that at 11 months he won’t remember much as he grows up, but that he’ll have a great inspiring story to tell,” the sheriff said, noting the suspect had not said anything about the boy’s location.
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