Stained blanket found in search for missing SC boy

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

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

Investigators found a shovel at the home and 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 the blood could have come from a wreck the mother was involved in on Christmas Eve.