Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
14
Health
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
An 11-month-old baby has been rescued in South Carolina after officials say he was buried alive in a crate by his father.
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he → publish → father
Koah Sharpe had been missing since Monday when he was taken by his father, Michael Comer, 25, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.
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he → miss → Department
Comer was arrested on a burglary charge on Monday evening but his son was not with him.
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son → arrest → him
Sharpe was found on Tuesday "buried alive" and "clinging to life" not far from his father's house, Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said at a news conference.
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Koon → find → conference
It is thought he had been there for 24 hours.
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he → think → hours
The child is now in hospital receiving care, Koon said, adding he was hopeful he would make a full recovery.
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he → receive → recovery
Police are still deciding what further charges to bring against the father.
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Police → decide → father
The search for Sharpe began on Monday after his father took him from his mother's house.
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father → begin → house
Comer's mother was watching the child and had left her son alone with him briefly, Koon said, when he left abruptly with Sharpe.
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he → watch → Sharpe
Comer was seen travelling to multiple locations without the baby and was later arrested in Lexington County without Sharpe.
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Comer → see → Sharpe
A search party of 100 police and fire department officials were then sent to search for the child, the sheriff said.
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sheriff → send → child
He added that when they asked Comer where his son was, he "did not have much to say" about his whereabouts.
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he → add → whereabouts
Koon said that rescuers searched the woods near Comer's father's house and saw some "freshly disturbed dirt".
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rescuers → say → dirt
As they began to dig, they heard a baby crying - something the sheriff described as "the most joyful sound you ever heard".
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you → begin → sound
Everybody was getting down there trying to get him out," Koon added.
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Koon → get → him
He said the crate was wrapped in a towel that probably provided enough air for Sharpe to survive for as long as he did, while the cold weather kept him from getting too hot.
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weather → say → him
"The crate was, probably, I'm guessing about a two-foot [61cm] by two-foot dog crate.
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I → guess → crate
So, I think, once that crate hit the ground, he was probably up at least a foot from the top of that crate to the top of the ground," Koon explained.
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Koon → think → ground
Of the parents relationship, the sheriff said there were "obviously some issues".
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sheriff → say → relationship
Comer had previously pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges, court records show.
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records → plead → charges
Comer's mother, Patricia Comer, told NBC News that Sharpe's mother had full custody of him but allowed her to supervise while her son watched him.
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son → tell → him
She said her son had watched the baby before unsupervised without any problems.
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son → say → problems
"Honestly, I'm his mother, and I never expected this from him," Patricia Comer said.
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Comer → expect → him
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