{"id":2938,"date":"2026-11-11T17:28:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T17:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gameroco.com\/?p=2938"},"modified":"2026-11-11T17:28:41","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T17:28:41","slug":"baby-koah-sharpe-found-buried-alive-in-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gameroco.com\/?p=2938","title":{"rendered":"Baby Koah Sharpe found buried alive in South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

An 11-month-old baby has miraculously survived after spending about 24 hours buried alive in South Carolina, where his desperate cries led rescuers to the shallow grave he was buried, just in time to save his life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The desperate search for Koah Sharpe started on Nov. 9, after the infant disappeared from his mother\u2019s home in Lexington County while in the care of his father, 25-year-old Michael Comer.<\/p>\n

According to ABC News, Koah\u2019s mother had left him with Comer while she ran an errand, expecting another caregiver to arrive shortly afterward.<\/p>\n

But \u201cby the time the caregiver got there, Michael was gone and Koah was gone with him,\u201d Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said during a press conference.<\/p>\n

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Investigators searched the home of Comer\u2019s father, where they discovered some of Koah\u2019s belongings but no sign of the missing infant.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the day went on and nobody came forward, it was certainly more and more concerning,\u201d Koon said.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Koah wasn\u2019t with him\u2019<\/h2>\n

According to People, authorities learned that Comer, who did \u201cnot have access to a vehicle,\u201d had been getting rides around the area, but surveillance footage showed him traveling without his son.<\/p>\n

Later that day, deputies found the father in the \u201coutbuilding at a house\u201d and arrested him on a burglary charge, \u201cbut Koah was not with him,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

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An 11-month-old baby has miraculously survived after spending about 24 hours buried alive in South Carolina, where his desperate cries led rescuers to the shallow grave he was buried, just in time to save his life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The desperate search for Koah Sharpe started on Nov. 9, after the infant disappeared from his mother\u2019s home in Lexington County while in the care of his father, 25-year-old Michael Comer.<\/p>\n

According to ABC News, Koah\u2019s mother had left him with Comer while she ran an errand, expecting another caregiver to arrive shortly afterward.<\/p>\n

But \u201cby the time the caregiver got there, Michael was gone and Koah was gone with him,\u201d Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said during a press conference.<\/p>\n

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Investigators searched the home of Comer\u2019s father, where they discovered some of Koah\u2019s belongings but no sign of the missing infant.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the day went on and nobody came forward, it was certainly more and more concerning,\u201d Koon said.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Koah wasn\u2019t with him\u2019<\/h2>\n

According to People, authorities learned that Comer, who did \u201cnot have access to a vehicle,\u201d had been getting rides around the area, but surveillance footage showed him traveling without his son.<\/p>\n

Later that day, deputies found the father in the \u201coutbuilding at a house\u201d and arrested him on a burglary charge, \u201cbut Koah was not with him,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOf course, he didn\u2019t have much to say about the whereabouts of the baby at that time,\u201d Koon said.<\/p>\n

Cries from beneath the dirt<\/h2>\n

With the father in custody, nearly 100 emergency responders continued searching for Koah, using drones and combing through wooded areas.<\/p>\n

Then, around 1:30 p.m. on Nov 10, investigators searching approximately 50 yards into the woods near Comer\u2019s father\u2019s property noticed a patch of \u201cfreshly disturbed dirt.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs they probed it and laid it out and started digging, you could hear little Koah crying \u2013 crying the most joyful sound you ever heard of a crying baby,\u201d Koon recalled. \u201cAs you imagine, the race was on, everybody\u2019s getting down there trying to get him out.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Clinging to life\u2019<\/h2>\n

Buried beneath the dirt was a small wire dog crate containing the missing baby, wrapped in a towel and still alive.<\/p>\n

Koon described Koah as \u201cclinging to life,\u201d his cries becoming a sound of extraordinary relief for the rescuers.<\/p>\n

The sheriff said the crate \u201cwas buried and wrapped with a towel,\u201d which \u201cprobably created an air pocket\u201d that allowed him to breathe during the estimated 24 hours he spent about 1 foot underground.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly, God is good,\u201d Koon said.<\/p>\n

\u2018A great, inspiring story to tell\u2019<\/h2>\n

Koah was rushed to a hospital, where doctors are caring for him and officials hope he will make a full recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully at 11 months old, he will not remember much of this as he grows older, just to have a great, inspiring story to tell,\u201d the sheriff said.<\/p>\n

Investigators have not established a motive, and Comer remains in custody while prosecutors consider additional charges connected to his son\u2019s ordeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to thank everybody and just celebrate the fact today that an 11-month-old baby is alive,\u201d Koon said.<\/p>\n

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An 11-month-old baby has miraculously survived after spending about 24 hours buried alive in South Carolina, where his desperate cries led rescuers to the shallow grave he was buried, just in time to save his life.   The desperate search for Koah Sharpe started on Nov. 9, after the infant disappeared from his mother\u2019s home…<\/p>\n

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