Authorities have arrested the grandfather of a 1-year-old boy who was unaccounted for after a Dec. It turns out, the boy was last seen in early September, authorities now say. According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency alert, Kahleb is from Winfield, a city in northwest Alabama about 75 miles northwest of Birmingham not far from the Mississippi state line. Police had been searching for the baby since Dec. A criminal complaint obtained by USA TODAY shows the baby's grandfather and custodian, year-old John Elton Bailey, is charged with failure to report a missing child and claims the baby was actually last seen in September.
The documents also indicate the child potentially could have been harmed or taken from their Alabama home. Bailey was booked into jail just before midnight on Dec. Utah family homicide investigation: 3 children, 2 adults dead; teen found critically shot in garage. According to news release issued Monday by the sheriff's office, just before a. According to troopers, a Toyota Tacoma driven by Collins left the roadway at a high rate of speed and struck a tree.
Collins and his passenger, Wendy Bailey, were injured and taken to a hospital in critical condition. The couple's 2-year-old daughter Ryleigh Collins was in the back seat, also unrestrained, and pronounced dead at the scene.
Collins, also of Jasper, died at the hospital the next day. That same day, the sheriff's office said, law enforcement was told the couple in the crash "had another child" who was unaccounted for, according the release. The condition of the surviving victim in the wreck, Kahleb's mother, was not immediately known Wednesday.
It was not immediately known whether he had obtained an attorney. Law enforcement described Kahleb as a white male, with blonde hair and blue eyes. He is 2 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs 35 pounds. Anyone with information about the case or knows the baby's whereabouts is asked to call or the sheriff's office at Reach her at nalund usatoday.
