Police find blanket in search for missing SC boy

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia police looking for a toddler missing since Thanksgiving have found a shovel and what appears to be a bloody blanket, but investigators are unsure if they are connected to his disappearance.

Search warrants show police went to 22-year-old Zinah Jennings’ home earlier this month after her father told police he saw her in the backyard with a shovel about the time Amir Jennings disappeared.

Investigators found a shovel at the home. Police also found what appeared to be blood stains on a blanket and clothes in the back of Zinah Jennings’ car.

Police Chief Randy Scott says the shovel and blanket have been sent to the State Law Enforcement Division for analysis. Scott says blood could have come from a wreck the mother was involved in on Christmas Eve.