HORRIFIC: 11-Month-Old Baby Found BURIED ALIVE in Dog Crate After Being Taken by His Own Father — Miraculously Survives 24 Hours Underground as Father Faces Attempted Murder Charges

 

Michael Comer, 25, faces multiple charges, including attempted murder. Photo: Lexington County Sheriff’s Department.

An 11-month-old baby boy was miraculously rescued after spending approximately 24 hours BURIED ALIVE inside a dog crate in a wooded area, allegedly at the hands of his own father.

The infant, identified as Koah Sharp, was discovered Tuesday afternoon after more than 100 law enforcement and emergency personnel launched a desperate search in Lexington County.

His father, 25-year-old Michael Comer, has been charged with attempted murder, unlawful conduct toward a child, custodial interference, and burglary. 

According to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, the nightmare began Monday when Koah disappeared while temporarily in his father’s care.

Koah’s paternal grandmother had been watching the child but left him with Comer while she ran an errand. Another caregiver was expected to arrive shortly afterward.

When that caregiver arrived, both Comer and the infant were gone.

Authorities immediately began searching for the missing child. 

Investigators later obtained surveillance footage showing Comer at multiple locations around Batesburg-Leesville without his son.

Comer was eventually discovered hiding inside an outbuilding Monday night and taken into custody on a burglary charge.

But there was one terrifying problem. The baby was nowhere to be found.

As the search entered its second day, more than 100 first responders from multiple agencies, including local law enforcement, the FBI, ATF, and South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, joined the operation.

Then investigators made a chilling discovery.

While searching the woods near the home of Comer’s father, officers noticed an area of freshly disturbed dirt beneath pine straw.

They began digging.

Suddenly, they heard something nobody expected. A baby crying from beneath the ground.

Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon described the incredible moment rescuers realized the child was still alive.

“As you can imagine, the race was on. Everyone was trying to get him out,” Koon said in a statement released by the sheriff’s department.

Officers frantically excavated the shallow grave and discovered Koah inside a dog crate wrapped in a towel.

The infant had reportedly been buried for approximately 24 hours. 

In an extraordinary stroke of fortune, authorities believe the towel surrounding the crate created an air pocket, allowing the baby to breathe while trapped underground.

Cooler temperatures may also have contributed to his survival.

The sheriff described the child’s cries as “the most joyful sound you ever heard of a crying baby,” according to CBS News.

“Certainly, God is good,” Koon declared during a Tuesday news conference.

Koah was immediately rushed to the hospital for emergency medical evaluation.

Incredibly, the infant was discharged Tuesday night and reunited with family members.

Doctors expect him to make a full recovery.

The disturbing case has raised additional questions about Comer’s criminal history.

According to the Associated Press, Comer had been sentenced to probation in October after pleading guilty to domestic violence and aggravated breach-of-peace charges stemming from an earlier arrest.

Court records indicate that the domestic violence case involved Koah’s mother.

During Thursday’s bond hearing, investigators alleged that Comer had shown no remorse and attempted to flee the state.

A judge denied him bond and scheduled his next court appearance for December 10.

Authorities have not publicly established a motive for the alleged attempted killing.

More from Scripps News:

John Comer said he’d opened his home to his son and grandson on Monday after Michael Comer said they needed a place to stay.

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Koah’s parents “have had some situations,” the sheriff said.

“Children,” he said, “sometimes get caught in the middle.”

In a 911 call released Thursday, Patricia Comer told a dispatcher that her son had “severe schizophrenia and bipolar and depression.” She said she had been “kindly worried” about leaving Koah with his father that morning. “He threatened to kill himself last night and asked me for some sleeping pills,” she told the dispatcher. “He kept making comments that he was going to take (unintelligible) to New York, which he cannot, because he’s on probation.”

WHAT COULD GO WRONG? Zohran Mamdani Preparing to Disband NYPD Unit That Responds to Riots and Terrorism

 

“Zohran Mamdani” by Centre Culturel Cao Dai, Public Domain Mark

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is preparing to disband the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group. This is the unit that responds to major events like riots and terrorism attacks.

What is the point of doing this? What is the reason?

It defies logic to dismantle such a group, but we have given up trying to use logic on anything that Mamdani does. 

Notice below how the liberal media describes the NYPD group as controversial, not the decision to disband it.

From Politico:

Mamdani planning announcement to disband controversial NYPD unit

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to unveil a plan for disbanding the NYPD’s Strategic Response Group as early as this week, according to three people with knowledge of the long-awaited announcement.

In dissolving the counterterrorism and protest-response unit, the democratic socialist mayor would fulfill a key 2025 campaign pledge with the aim of mollifying an increasingly restive base.

Mamdani’s plan is expected to involve nixing the SRG and potentially replacing it with a new civilian unit that would take the lead on responding to protests, said one of the people who spoke to POLITICO and, like others, was granted anonymity to discuss the announcement. Under the plan — which had not been finalized as of Thursday morning — the new civilian unit would be supported by NYPD officers, who would assemble nearby and could step in to conduct arrests if needed, said the person, noting that the civilian entity’s main goal would be deescalation.

The person said City Hall has been considering placing the civilian protest unit under the umbrella of Mamdani’s signature Office of Community Safety, which he launched earlier this year.

A City Hall spokesperson did not respond to specific questions about the plan but noted more generally that Mamdani has planned to make good on his campaign pledge since becoming mayor.

So this is all about appeasing his base?

Navy Removes Longtime Capitol Attending Physician Brian Monahan Amid Misconduct Investigation: Report

 

Attending Physician of Congress Brian Monahan

The U.S. Navy has reportedly removed Rear Admiral Brian Monahan, the attending physician of the United States Congress and the Supreme Court, amid an investigation into alleged misconduct.

Punchbowl News reporter Jake Sherman broke the story late Wednesday, noting that Monahan has held the post since 2009 and that an Inspector General report is expected to be made public later this week.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) immediately connected the removal to the COVID-era power plays that defined the Pelosi speakership. 

“Brian Monahan, the attending physician of the Capitol, is part of the deep Congress,” Massie wrote. “He endorsed and gave false credibility to Pelosi’s ridiculous mask mandate on members of Congress, which I ignored and was fined for doing so.”

After Monahan reinstated indoor mask requirements on the House side, Speaker Nancy Pelosi directed Capitol Police to arrest staff and visitors who refused to comply, while members faced fines.

Pelosi called then-Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy a “moron” for pointing out that the rules were not driven by science. At the same time, Monahan himself was photographed briefing Republican members while maskless, the classic “rules for thee, not for me” double standard that defined the era. 

House Republicans, including Massie, staged protests by walking maskless onto the Senate side of the Capitol, where Monahan’s mandate did not apply. Fines piled up against members who simply refused the theater.

By early 2022, Monahan quietly reversed course and made masking optional just in time for President Biden’s State of the Union address.

Monahan’s influence extended far beyond COVID mandates.

In August 2023,  Monahan had declared then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell medically fit to continue his duties after the Kentucky Republican experienced another troubling episode in which he appeared to freeze during a public appearance.

In her August 31, 2023, article, Cristina Laila reported on Monahan’s assessment, which attributed McConnell’s episodes to possible lightheadedness associated with concussion recovery and dehydration.