His brother was found dead, his mother was arrested, then this baby was found crawling by a highway

Kevin McGill, Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old “miracle baby” survived 2 days of sometimes stormy upwind earlier a motortruck driver spotted him crawling on a roadside nan time aft his 4-year-old relative was recovered dormant and his mother was arrested successful Mississippi.

Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Gary “Stitch” Guillory said nan babe had galore bug bites but different appeared to beryllium successful bully condition.

Autopsy reports were pending connected nan 4-year-old who was recovered Monday, Guillory said during a Tuesday news convention successful Lake Charles, astir 200 miles (322 kilometers) westbound of New Orleans. The assemblage had been recovered successful a reservoir down an Interstate 10 invited halfway adjacent nan Texas authorities line.

Authorities investigating nan 4-year-old’s decease learned that he had past been seen Saturday pinch his mother, Aaliyah Jack, 25, of Lake Charles, and nan 1-year-old.

Fearing nan 1-year-old was dead, authorities prepared Tuesday greeting to hunt nan h2o wherever nan dormant kid was found. Then a motortruck driver called 911 aft spotting nan baby.

“We look astatine this 1-year aged arsenic our occurrence babe because he was still alive,” a visibly moved Guillory said.

Hurricane Beryl had struck eastbound Texas early Monday, and nan hunt for nan kid played retired amid bands of intermittent, dense rainfall and precocious upwind gusts.

“This kid spent 2 days retired successful nan upwind connected nan broadside of nan highway,” Guillory said. “Thank God that trucker seen him.”

An alert for rule enforcement agencies was issued for Jack connected Monday night, and a Louisiana judge issued a warrant for her arrest. Jack was arrested successful Meridian, Mississippi, much than 350 miles (563 kilometers) from wherever her children were found. Meridian constabulary said she was arrested immoderate clip Tuesday.

“She was located successful Mississippi, without nan 1 twelvemonth old, by nan Meridian Police Department and taken into custody,” nan Calcasieu Sheriff’s Office said. The hunt for nan babe continued until nan trucker reported seeing a babe successful a ditch on Interstate 10. “When deputies arrived, they were capable to positively place nan kid arsenic nan missing 1 twelvemonth old,” nan sheriff’s news merchandise said.

She was to beryllium extradited to Louisiana, wherever she faced a complaint of nonaccomplishment to study a missing child. The judge who issued nan warrant group enslaved astatine $300,000, Guillory said.

Kayla Vincent, a spokeswoman for nan sheriff, said nary different charges were pending arsenic of Wednesday day and that nan investigation was continuing.

Online booking records were not disposable Wednesday. It was unclear if Jack had an lawyer who could remark connected her behalf.