A 1-year-old Alabama boy who was reported missing last week, after his father and sister were killed in a car crash, is believed to have vanished in early September.
Kahleb Collins was reported missing on December 9, a day after his father and sister, Steven Collins, 40, and Ryleigh Collins, 2, died in a wreck on County Road 73 in Fayette County. The father and mother, Wendy Bailey, who was critically injured, were not wearing seatbelts when their vehicle veered off the road and struck a tree, according to AL.com.
Bailey remains in critical condition, WVTM reported.
The missing boy’s grandfather, John Bailey, 55, was arrested on December 11 for failing to report the toddler’s disappearance. Authorities believe the toddler vanished on September 10 and he was not in the crash that killed his father and sister.
Though Khaleb Collins is believed to have vanished in September, Steven Collins posted on Facebook about his son’s health issues on November 6 — a month before his death.
“Our son is not doing well. He is not growing has major back issues. His organs are growing but not his body. He has to have surgery at some point. Keep him in your prayers. Been rough and just seems going to be a long rough road ahead of us,” he wrote, according to AL.com.
John Bailey remains jailed on a $100,000 bond. The State Bureau of Investigation is participating in the ongoing search for his missing grandson.
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[Feature Photo: Alabama Law Enforcement Agency]
