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🌱 Baby found alive after search involving nearly 100 people

Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min read

Good morning to you Batesburg-Leesville! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Baby found alive after search involving nearly 100 people
  • Missing infant near Batesburg-Leesville found alive in buried crate
  • Searchers find missing Batesburg-Leesville baby alive after daylong ordeal

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 74 and low of 54 degrees.
  • Thursday: Windy with clouds and sun, temps: high: 69, low: 41.
  • Friday: Cooler with plenty of sun, with a high of 57 and low of 35 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 11-Month-Old Koah Found Alive in Buried Dog Crate in South Carolina (paipee.com) — Nearly 100 search personnel helped find 11-month-old Koah alive Tuesday inside a buried crate near his paternal grandfather's home in South Carolina. His father, Michael Comer, had been arrested the previous night in a Batesburg-Leesville shed without the baby. Searchers heard Koah crying as they dug, and he was taken to a hospital.
   

• 11-month-old found alive after being buried near SC home: Deputies (fox5sandiego.com) — An 11-month-old reported missing near Batesburg-Leesville is recovering in a hospital after deputies say he was found alive inside a buried dog crate. Koah Sharpe's father, Michael Comer, was arrested Monday night in connection with a burglary. Investigators said additional charges could follow, and Koah's condition has not been disclosed.
   

• Missing 11-month-old baby found buried alive in woods South Carolina (newsbreak.com) — Searchers found 11-month-old Koah Sharpe alive Tuesday after he disappeared from his grandmother's care in Batesburg-Leesville. Sheriff Jay Koon said the baby was hospitalized after roughly 24 hours inside a buried crate. Authorities suspect his father, Michael Comer, of burying him and were determining charges related to the child's disappearance and burial.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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