Deadly Automotive Crash Reveals Household’s 1-Yr-Outdated Child Has Been Lacking for Months

All of it started on December 8, when a automobile carrying the lacking kid’s father Steven Collins, the boy’s mom Wendy Bailey, and 2-year-old sister RyLeigh crashed right into a tree in Fayette County. Collins and his daughter have been killed, whereas Bailey was critically injured.

Per investigators, through an incident report seen by WBRC, the daddy was “driving aggressively at an excessive price of pace,” 92 MPH, when he misplaced management of the car, spun out and careened into the tree. Troopers famous the highway was moist, whereas neither dad or mum was carrying a seatbelt and the kid reportedly wasn’t in a automobile seat; additionally they stated the truck was being “operated aggressively” earlier than the crash.

Collins was ejected from the truck and pronounced lifeless on the hospital. His daughter sustained deadly accidents through the crash, whereas Bailey was additionally “barely ejected” and airlifted to the hospital for remedy.

The Fayette County Sheriff’s Workplace stated it realized on December 9 that the couple within the crash “had one other youngster,” 1-year-old Kahleb Rowan Collins, who wasn’t within the automobile with the remainder of them. He was reported lacking that day and a search started.

On Monday, the Alabama Regulation Enforcement Company introduced that Kahleb was final seen on September 4 — that means he is really been lacking for greater than three months. An Emergency Lacking Youngster Alert has since been issued for the boy, who stays unaccounted for.

On December 11, Kahleb’s grandfather John Elton Bailey — who was reportedly residing along with his daughter’s household — was arrested and charged with failing to report a lacking youngster. He is nonetheless behind bars on the Fayette County Jail.

Neighbors additionally informed the native ABC affiliate that Steven informed them their son “had gone to dwell with relations as a result of he was sick.” Relations, in the meantime, stated they have been informed the boy had well being points.

After which there’s this: On November 6, after authorities say the kid was final seen, Steven shared a put up about his son to Fb.

“Our son just isn’t doing effectively. He isn’t rising and has main again points,” he wrote on the time. “His organs are rising however not his physique. He has to have surgical procedure sooner or later. Maintain him in your prayers. Been tough and simply appears going to be a protracted tough powerful highway forward of us.”