An 11-month-old boy missing in Lexington County, South Carolina, was found alive Tuesday in a crate buried in woods, Sheriff Jay Koon said^1,2,4.

Koon identified the child as Koah Sharpe and said crews believed he had been underground about 24 hours^1,2.

Authorities said the boy's father, Michael Comer, 25, took him Monday afternoon from the mother's home while she ran an errand, and that another caregiver arrived to find both gone^1,4.

Deputies located Comer late Monday night in an outbuilding in Batesburg-Leesville; Koon said he was initially arrested on burglary and resisting arrest charges and the child was not with him^1,2,4.

Koon said Comer "didn't have much to say about the whereabouts of the baby at that time"¹.

A search of nearly 100 first responders found freshly disturbed dirt about 50 yards into woods near Comer's father's house Tuesday afternoon, according to ABC News's account of the briefing¹.

Koon said crews heard the baby as they dug, describing him as "crying the most joyful sound you ever heard of a crying baby"¹.

Queen City News, citing the sheriff's office, said Koah was found screaming in a crate in a shallow grave². FOX 8 Cleveland and KXAN, carrying WJBF/WSPA copy, said the infant was in a 2-foot-by-2-foot dog crate, wrapped in a towel, near his father's home^4,5.

Koon said he believed the towel helped form an air pocket¹.

The child was in a hospital Tuesday; Koon said he hoped for a full recovery, while local reports said no detailed condition update had been released^1,2,4.

Queen City News said Koon mentioned recent domestic violence issues between the parents and that no motive had been announced².

Koon said authorities were working with the local solicitor's office on additional charges; local reports said a bond hearing would be held, without a public time^1,2,4.