The search continues for a missing Alabama boy who is presumed dead following his disappearance in September.
WBRC confirmed that Fayette County police revisited Kahleb Collins’ residence, as they were informed of his death months prior to his official disappearance report on December 9. His absence was noted following the fatal car accident that claimed the lives of his father and 2-year-old sibling.
Initial investigations suggest that authorities do not believe Kahleb Collins was present in the vehicle when his father lost control, speeding at 90mph and colliding with a tree. It is now suspected that Collins went missing in early September and has since passed away.
In the aftermath of the tragic incident, Collins’ grandfather, John Bailey, was apprehended for neglecting to report Kahleb Collins’ absence. Subsequently, weeks later, Collins’ mother, Wendy Bailey, faced charges for not reporting her husband’s mistreatment of Kahleb Collins back in July.
READ: Cops Sift Through Ashes Amid Search for Toddler Missing Since September
Authorities wrote that, on at least two instances, Wendy Bailey witnessed her son “being bound with rope, physically assaulted, and being bound by a rope from a loft with blood and bruising present.”
Kahleb Collins’ father allegedly sent Wendy Bailey photos showing their son hanging by a rope and bloody. The father reportedly wrote that he wanted to kill the toddler and he was not moving. He later texted Wendy Bailey that their son was moving.
Wendy Bailey, who was seriously injured in the December 8 wreck, was also charged with negligent homicide for her daughter’s death. Though she was a passenger, authorities determined she was negligent by failing to have her daughter restrained before the crash that killed her child.
Additionally, Wendy Bailey is charged with abusing a corpse as investigators believe her son’s body was put in a bag and stashed in a storage building. His body was eventually discarded at an unknown location, authorities suggested.
John Bailey remains jailed on a $100,000 bond, while Wendy Bailey’s bond was $1.9 million. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 15.
[Feature Photo: Alabama Law Enforcement Agency]
