An Arkansas couple are under arrest for endangering the welfare of a minor and attempting to negotiate the relinquishment of a minor for adoption for selling their two-month old infant son to a neighbor in their trailer park in exchnage for a $1,000 cashier’s check and a six pack of beer. The damning evidence of their intent? Per KNWA it was that they drafted and signed a receipt with a disclaimer saying “there will be no changing y’all two’s minds and to never contact again.”
The baby’s parents, Darien Urban, 21, and Shalene Ehlers, 20, were cuffed on September 21st after a caper that began when neighbor Ricky Crawford had offered to babysit in exchange for a few beers.
At some point someone got the idea to sell the unnamed baby boy to Crawford on a permanent basis, which the trailer park’s manager got wind of and called the police to investigate. Upon arriving they found Crawford “heavily intoxicated, with slurred speech and difficulty maintaining his balance,” but the baby in the “care” of another neighbor, Cody Martin. The baby’s diaper was soiled and he was suffering from rash, leading to the endangerment charge for Urban and Ehlers. They never got the money from Crawford either, as the contract stipulated payment was due on Monday the 23rd.