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 had been killed, whereas Bailey was critically injured.

Per investigators, by way of an incident report seen by WBRC, the daddy was “driving aggressively at an excessive charge of pace,” 92 MPH, when he misplaced management of the automobile, spun out and careened into the tree. Troopers famous the highway was moist, whereas neither guardian was sporting a seatbelt and the kid reportedly wasn’t in a automobile seat; additionally they mentioned 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 therapy.

The Fayette County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned it discovered 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 truly been lacking for greater than three months. An Emergency Lacking Little one 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 together 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 kin as a result of he was sick.” Relations, in the meantime, mentioned they had 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 submit about his son to Fb.

“Our son shouldn’t be doing effectively. He’s not 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 in some unspecified time in the future. Maintain him in your prayers. Been tough and simply appears going to be a protracted tough robust highway forward of us.”