Baby boy found alive in dog crate after being 'buried for 24 hours'

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The boy vanished on Monday after being left in his father’s care while his mom ran an errand

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A 11-month-old baby boy, who is believed to have been buried for about 24 hours, has been found alive inside a dog crate in South Carolina.

Koah Sharpe, described as a 20-pound boy with reddish hair, went missing on Monday after being left in his father’s care at his mother’s home while she ran an errand.

According to local reports, another caregiver was coming to the house, but by the time that person arrived, the father and son were nowhere to be found.

The infant was then reported missing and authorities began a widespread search.

He was found Tuesday, wrapped in a towel in a dog crate, shallowly buried in the woods in South Carolina on Tuesday.

"Certainly ​God ⁠is good,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said during a ‌news conference.

“Just a few moments ago, we found little Koah, 11 ⁠months old, buried alive, clinging to life, crying — ​the ⁠most joyful sound ‌you ever heard of a crying baby.”

The infant’s father, Michael Comer, 25, was arrested on Monday night on burglary and resisting arrest in the area of Batesburg-Leesville.

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