1-year-old baby was found alive in a ditch on I-10 eastbound near Vinton, a few miles from where his 4-year-old brother was found dead Monday.
The baby survived two days in a ditch but is doing well, Calcasieu Sheriff Stitch Guillory said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon.
The children’s mother, Aaliyah N. Jack, 25, of Lake Charles, was located in Mississippi and arrested on charges of failure to report a missing child.
After the 4-year-old boy was found in the water behind the Louisiana Welcome Center in Vinton on Monday, deputies put out a BOLO for information.
A family member from Mississippi reached out saying she was concerned it may have been her family member and also told law enforcement about the missing 1-year-old.
The Calcasieu Sheriff’s Office Marine Division was prepared to search the waters for the 1-year-old, but around 9 a.m. Tuesday a trucker spotted the baby in a ditch. Guillory said the child had bug bites on him, but otherwise the “miracle baby” was okay.
Sheriff: 1-year-old ‘miracle baby’ found alive near where brother found dead; mother arrested
The baby survived two days in a ditch on I-10 eastbound, but is doing well.
