Father arrested after missing 11-month-old boy Koah Sharpe found buried alive in dog crate

6abc Philadelphia
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Nov 11, 2026
Missing baby found buried alive in dog crate in South Carolina.
Drones overhead, deputies on the ground,
and a desperate search for a missing 11-month-old boy.
After more than a day of searching, authorities say they found Koa
Sharp buried alive inside a dog crate in the woods off Parthenon Road.
They found the child between 1.30 and 2.30 Tuesday afternoon near
the home of the boy's paternal grandfather.
God is good. Just a few moments ago, we found little Koa Sharp,
11 months old, buried alive, clinging to life, crying,
the most joyful sound you ever heard of a crying baby.
Maybe I'm buried in a...
What I would call a dog crate wrapped in a towel
that by the grace of God probably provided
enough air for him to survive our estimation
of the last 24 hours under that dirt.
The search started Monday after authorities say Koa's
grandmother Patricia Comer left the baby with his father Michael
while she ran an errand. Another caregiver was supposed to arrive
and watch the child, but by the time that caregiver got there,
investigators say Michael and Koa were gone. That's
when the grandmother says she knew something was wrong and called 911.
And I had a bad feeling that something was not right.
But I would have never thought he would have hurt Koa.
Patricia Comer says she worried about her son's mental state
and problems with the little boy's mother.
He has problems with schizophrenia and manic depression, diagnosis.
I was fixated on a family with the baby's mother, with Koa's mother.
And they were not in an agreement on being a couple right now.
So Michael decided out of jealousy rage he
was going to try to keep Koa away from his mother.
Deputies arrested Michael Comer Monday night,
but little Koa was nowhere to be found.
And just celebrate the fact today that an 11-month-old baby is alive
and certainly at the hospital and hopefully to make a full recovery.
