Missing 11-month-old boy rescued after being buried alive in dog crate

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Koah Sharpe, 11 months, was reported missing on Monday after the Lexington County Sheriff's Department said that his father Michael Comer took the baby.

An 11-month-old boy who officials said was taken by his father on Monday was found buried alive in a dog crate on Tuesday, according to police in South Carolina.

Koah Sharpe was reported missing on Monday after the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said that his father Michael Comer took the baby.

Comer was found and arrested on a burglary charge and resisting arrest late Monday night but police said that Sharpe was not with him.

During a news conference on Tuesday, Lexington County Sheriff Bryan Koon told reporters that Sharpe was found alive in a dog crate that was wrapped in a towel.

“Just a few moments ago we found little Koah Sharpe, 11-months-old, buried alive, clinging to life, crying… He was buried in a dog crate, wrapped in a towel that, by the grace of God, probably provided enough air for him to survive — our estimation is for the last 24 hours under that dirt,” Koon said.

Koon said the wire crate was about two feet by two feet and buried in a shallow hole.

Sharpe, described as “a bright boy with reddish blond hair, blue eyes, approximately 20 pounds and often has a pacifier,” was in the care of Comer’s mother on Monday, police said.

“Michael came over. She had to run an errand. Another caregiver was coming. She left him in Michael’s care. By the time the caregiver got there, Michael was gone and Koah was gone with him,” Koon explained.

Deputies went to Comer’s father’s home Monday and found the doors open and baby belongings in the house but no sign of Comer or the child, Koon told reporters.

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