The search continues for a 1-year-old Alabama boy — now presumed dead — following his disappearance in September.
Following the tragic car accident that claimed the lives of Kahleb Collins’ father and sister, the young boy was reported missing on December 9. Authorities conducted an extensive search of the family’s property in Fayette County, with reports indicating that they were seen digging and sifting through ashes in the yard.
Despite the belief that Collins was not in the vehicle during the fatal crash, investigators now suspect that he disappeared earlier in September and may no longer be alive.
In the aftermath of the accident, Collins’ grandfather, John Bailey, was taken into custody for neglecting to report the disappearance of Kahleb Collins. Subsequently, weeks later, Collins’ mother, Wendy Bailey, was also charged for failing to report her husband’s mistreatment of Kahleb Collins back in July.
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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]
