HORRIFIC: 11-Month-Old Baby Found BURIED ALIVE in Dog Crate After Being Taken by His Own Father — Miraculously Survives 24 Hours Underground as Father Faces Attempted Murder Charges
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An 11-month-old baby boy was miraculously rescued after spending approximately 24 hours BURIED ALIVE inside a dog crate in a wooded area, allegedly at the hands of his own father.
The infant, identified as Koah Sharp, was discovered Tuesday afternoon after more than 100 law enforcement and emergency personnel launched a desperate search in Lexington County.
His father, 25-year-old Michael Comer, has been charged with attempted murder, unlawful conduct toward a child, custodial interference, and burglary.
According to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, the nightmare began Monday when Koah disappeared while temporarily in his father’s care.
Koah’s paternal grandmother had been watching the child but left him with Comer while she ran an errand. Another caregiver was expected to arrive shortly afterward.
When that caregiver arrived, both Comer and the infant were gone.
Authorities immediately began searching for the missing child.
Investigators later obtained surveillance footage showing Comer at multiple locations around Batesburg-Leesville without his son.
Comer was eventually discovered hiding inside an outbuilding Monday night and taken into custody on a burglary charge.
But there was one terrifying problem. The baby was nowhere to be found.
As the search entered its second day, more than 100 first responders from multiple agencies, including local law enforcement, the FBI, ATF, and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, joined the operation.
Then investigators made a chilling discovery.
While searching the woods near the home of Comer’s father, officers noticed an area of freshly disturbed dirt beneath pine straw.
They began digging.
Suddenly, they heard something nobody expected. A baby crying from beneath the ground.
Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon described the incredible moment rescuers realized the child was still alive.
“As you can imagine, the race was on. Everyone was trying to get him out,” Koon said in a statement released by the sheriff’s department.
Officers frantically excavated the shallow grave and discovered Koah inside a dog crate wrapped in a towel.
The infant had reportedly been buried for approximately 24 hours.
In an extraordinary stroke of fortune, authorities believe the towel surrounding the crate created an air pocket, allowing the baby to breathe while trapped underground.
Cooler temperatures may also have contributed to his survival.
The sheriff described the child’s cries as “the most joyful sound you ever heard of a crying baby,” according to CBS News.
“Certainly, God is good,” Koon declared during a Tuesday news conference.
Koah was immediately rushed to the hospital for emergency medical evaluation.
Incredibly, the infant was discharged Tuesday night and reunited with family members.
Doctors expect him to make a full recovery.
The disturbing case has raised additional questions about Comer’s criminal history.
According to the Associated Press, Comer had been sentenced to probation in October after pleading guilty to domestic violence and aggravated breach-of-peace charges stemming from an earlier arrest.
Court records indicate that the domestic violence case involved Koah’s mother.
During Thursday’s bond hearing, investigators alleged that Comer had shown no remorse and attempted to flee the state.
A judge denied him bond and scheduled his next court appearance for December 10.
Authorities have not publicly established a motive for the alleged attempted killing.
More from Scripps News:
John Comer said he’d opened his home to his son and grandson on Monday after Michael Comer said they needed a place to stay.
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Koah’s parents “have had some situations,” the sheriff said.
“Children,” he said, “sometimes get caught in the middle.”
In a 911 call released Thursday, Patricia Comer told a dispatcher that her son had “severe schizophrenia and bipolar and depression.” She said she had been “kindly worried” about leaving Koah with his father that morning. “He threatened to kill himself last night and asked me for some sleeping pills,” she told the dispatcher. “He kept making comments that he was going to take (unintelligible) to New York, which he cannot, because he’s on probation.”
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