Infant Buried Alive in Dog Crate for 24 Hours Makes Miracle Recovery, as Father Is Charged with Attempted Murder

Michael Comer and Koah SharpCredit: Lexington County Sheriff's Department

11-month-old Koah Sharp was buried a foot underground in a dog crate wrapped in a towel for 24 hours

Authorities found and rescued the boy, who, according to his medical team, is expected to make a full recovery and is now out of the hospital

His father, Michael Comer, is accused of burying him alive and charged with attempted murder

A South Carolina infant who was buried underground for 24 hours has been released from the hospital.

11-month-old Koah Sharp, who was found in a wire dog crate wrapped in a towel and buried a foot underground, is back home with his family and expected to make a full recovery, according to his medical team.

He left the hospital Tuesday night, roughly a day after authorities first began the search for the child in Lexington, a town located approximately 15 miles west of Columbia.

The boy’s father, 25-year-old Michael Comer, is now facing multiple charges — including attempted murder — after being accused of burying the boy alive. Comer is also charged with burglary, violating his probation, child neglect and transporting a child to avoid a custody proceeding.

Michael ComerCredit: Lexington County Sheriff's Department

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Local law enforcement spoke about the case at a press conference on Monday, Nov. 10, and again in an statement on Tuesday after Comer was formally charged.

“Koah was in the care of Comer’s mother. She left Koah with Comer to run an errand while another caregiver was coming over,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. “When the caregiver got there, Comer was gone and Koah was with him.”

Koon said that deputies then traveled to the home of Comer’s father, where they found baby toys but no signs of Comer or his son.

Deputies continued to investigate and later found surveillance footage of Comer from later in the day, however, there was still no sign of the infant.

Comer was arrested Monday night, at which point authorities began to search for Koah.

Michael Comer and Koah SharpCredit: Lexington County Sheriff's Department

More than 100 men and women from a dozen law enforcement and public safety agencies came together to search for Koah, Koon said, noting that the group noticed “freshly disturbed ground” on Comer’s father’s property, and ultimately focused their efforts on that area.

Soon after they started to dig in the area, Koon said they heard a baby crying.

“As you can imagine, the race was on. Everyone was trying to get him out,” Koon said. “He immediately was placed in the care of EMS and transported to the hospital as soon as they got him out.”

Comer has not yet appeared in court or entered a plea related to any of the charges he’s facing. He is currently in the custody of the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department.

As for Koah, Koon said he hopes the young boy will not be able to remember this traumatic ordeal.

“A lot of things were going in Koah’s favor, and the good lord looked down on him in the last 24 hours, and hopefully, at 11 months old, he will not remember much of this as he grows older and just to have a great inspiring story to tell,” Koon said.

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