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An 11-month-old boy in South Carolina was found buried alive in a dog cage in the woods, nearly 24 hours after he went missing. Fortunately, he was saved and is expected to make a full recovery. His father has been arrested for attempt to murder and other crimes.
South Carolina An 11-month-old child went missing in Lorena while his grandmother was out for work. Dozens of rescue workers searched the suburbs throughout the day. On the 10th, they discovered that the child had been placed in a dog cage in the woods not far from his grandfather’s house and had been buried alive for about 24 hours. The child survived and was rescued; The child’s 25-year-old father was charged with attempted murder.
live baby boy, didSpicy (Koah Sharp), who had reddish blonde hair, disappeared in West Columbia County on the 9th. About a hundred rescue workers participated in the search and rescue.
After a whole day of searching, the authorities found fresh soil in the forest near the child’s grandfather’s house on the 10th, and they immediately dug up little Keiya. He was wrapped in a towel and was dying.
Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said at a press conference on the 10th that the child was crying loudly after being found. After being sent to the hospital, he was discharged on the evening of the 10th and is expected to make a full recovery.
The child’s father, Michael Comer, has been charged with attempted murder and other crimes and is being held without bail.
Kuhn said the baby’s towel may have created an air pocket that allowed him to breathe in the cage, and the cooler temperatures may have also helped. The cage is too shallow. After landing, the height from the top of the cage to the ground is about one foot.
At the time of the incident, the child was being cared for by Comer’s mother, the child’s grandmother, police said. During this period, the child’s grandmother went out to work, so she left the child in Comer’s care. Another caregiver was on the way, but when the replacement caregiver arrived, both Comer and Kea were gone.
Kuhn said surveillance footage from several nearby stores showed that there were no children around Comer on the afternoon of the 9th. By evening that day, Comer was found and arrested.
The child’s aunt, Amber Hammond, said that Cuomo had said he would take the child to New York because he did not want to be in the same situation as the child’s mother. After Keya’s disappearance, she and others thought Cuomo had given the child away to someone else.
Online court records show Comer was arrested in July for domestic violence and aggravated disorderly conduct. After pleading guilty, he was sentenced to probation in October. According to the plea agreement, prosecutors dropped gun charges against him, and he also received a reduced sentence of more than two months.
Hammond said the baby is about a year old and has started learning to stand.
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Rescuers found fresh soil in the forest near the grandfather’s house and immediately pulled out the baby, who was wrapped in a towel and placed in a dog cage. He remained buried alive for about 24 hours, but miraculously survived.
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Police said around a hundred rescue workers mobilized in the search and rescue operation and the search continued throughout the day before finding the child. The child was taken to the hospital and discharged the same night. He is expected to make a full recovery, but the incident shocked the local community.
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The 25-year-old father, Mike Comer, has been charged with attempted murder and other crimes and is being held without bail. Police said that after the caretaker left for a while at the time of the incident, the father and son disappeared together.
