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Search Underway for Missing 11-Month-Old in South Carolina
Deputies and federal agents are searching for the 11-month-old after his father was arrested on a burglary charge without him.
- On Tuesday afternoon, authorities found 11-month-old Koah Sharpe alive after a multi-agency search near Batesburg-Leesville. The infant had been missing since Monday, when his father, 25-year-old Michael Comer, took him.
- Deputies arrested Comer late Monday night on a burglary charge, but the infant was not with him. Local, state, and federal agencies then launched an extensive search near Parthenon Road.
- Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said searchers found "freshly disturbed dirt" near the father's house. Digging revealed Koah inside a wire dog crate wrapped in a towel, buried for around 24 hours.
- Koah is receiving medical treatment at a hospital. Sheriff Koon noted, "By the grace of God," the crate's wire slats and towel wrapping likely created an air pocket enabling survival.
- Comer remains in custody. Court records show he was placed on probation just over a month ago for aggravated breach of peace, with previous arrests earlier this year for domestic violence and weapons-related charges.
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