The infant, identified as Koah Sharpe, was discovered on Tuesday beneath roughly a foot of dirt, with a towel wrapped around the wire crate, CNN reported . An 11-month-old baby was found alive after being buried in a dog crate in the woods for around 24 hours in South Carolina, US, authorities said.
Father arrested
However, the baby was not with him. (Also Read: South Carolina man arrested for leaving sleeping 6-year-old daughter in line for Pokémon cards ) Comer was eventually found in an outbuilding at a property in Batesburg later that night and arrested on charges of burglary and resisting arrest, CNN reported. The search for Koah continued into Tuesday, involving nearly 100 law enforcement officers and other public safety personnel. A search team eventually noticed freshly disturbed dirt in pine straw about 50 yards into the woods near the home of Comer’s father.
Authorities said they were working with prosecutors to determine additional charges he could face.
Koah had been in the care of his paternal grandmother on Monday when his father, 25-year-old Michael Comer, arrived at the house, according to authorities. The baby was rushed to a hospital following the rescue. The grandmother later left to run an errand, leaving the infant with Comer while another caregiver was on the way. However, when the caregiver arrived, both Comer and the baby were missing.
He was “clinging to life, crying,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said during a news conference. “It was the most joyful sound you ever heard of a crying baby,” he added.
