Missing 11-month-old is found by his faint crying after being buried ALIVE in a dog crate

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Koah Sharp, 11 months old, was found crying and 'clinging to life' after being buried alive in the woods of South Carolina, as his father Michael Comer is arrested after taking off with the child on Monday.

Published: 00:56 GMT, 11 November 2026 | Updated: 02:00 GMT, 11 November 2026

A missing baby boy in South Carolina was found buried alive inside a dog crate, as the agonizing search for the child resulted in the arrest of his father.

The search ended on Tuesday as Koah Sharp was found crying inside of the buried wire crate near Batesburg-Leesville, Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said.

'Certainly, God is good. Just a few moments ago we found little Koah Sharp. 11-months-old, buried alive, clinging to life,' Koon said at a news conference.

'[He was] crying, the most joyful sound you ever heard of a crying baby.'

The enormous effort involved around 100 emergency responders, as the 11-month-old is believed to have spent a horrifying 24 hours buried beneath the dirt before he was finally discovered.

Search teams eventually noticed 'freshly disturbed' dirt and pine straw on Tuesday afternoon, prompting law enforcement to begin digging before they finally heard the infant crying.

'As they probed it, laid it out and started digging, you could hear little Koah crying,' Koon said. 'So, as you imagine, the race was on, everybody's getting down there trying to get him out.'

The child was then pulled from inside the crate which had been covered in a towel, which Koon said may have created an air pocket helping him survive.

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