Buried alive baby’s grandmother tells 911 operator the baby’s father doesn’t “have custody…he just got out of jail last month”

LEXINGTON CO., S.C. – The Lexington County Sheriff’s Office has released the eight-and-a-half-minute 911 call made by the grandmother of the little boy who was found buried alive in a dog crate on Tuesday. 11-month-old Koah Sharp’s grandmother, Patricia Comer, called 911 after the boy vanished with his father on Monday.

Deputies later found the baby crying underground, inside a dog crate wrapped in a towel. Investigators believe he was in there for nearly 24 hours.

In part of the grandmother’s call, she tells the 911 operator, “My son was supposed to have been watching his son today. He don’t (sic) have custody, the mother has custody. And I was supposed to be taking the baby home tonight. He kept making comments that he was going to take off to New York, which he cannot because he’s on probation. He just got out of jail last month.”

Koah is now out of the hospital and with family. Family has also launched a Gofundme to help his mother, Dezerae Sharp, financially navigate this ordeal. They say she is also pregnant with her second child.

Koah’s father, 25-year-old Michael Comer, faces multiple charges, including attempted murder.