The proud parents...
Posted on 09/29/2024 5:30:09 AM PDT by Red Badger
BENTON COUNTY, Ark. (Gray News) - A couple is accused of trying to sell their 2-month-old baby at a campground for beer and $1,000.
According to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, authorities responded to the Hide Away Campground in Rogers, Arkansas, after a person reported Darien Urban, 21, and Shalene Ehlers, 20, tried to give their baby up for a six-pack of beer and then $1,000.
The caller reported that the baby appeared to need medical attention. The baby was taken to the hospital by emergency medical services.
According to an affidavit, the baby had been given to a man at the campground who asked if he could “have the baby overnight” in exchange for a six-pack of beer. The man, who appeared “heavily intoxicated” when he spoke to authorities, said that he was concerned about the welfare of the baby.
Ehlers allegedly told the man and another person that “it was not working having three dogs and a baby” and said she would surrender the baby for $1,000.
The other man created a letter for the couple to sign and told them he could give them a cashier’s check for $1,000 on Monday.
The responding officer obtained the letter signed by the baby’s parents that read, “I Darien Urban and Shalene Ehlers are signing our rights over to [redacted] of our baby boy [redacted] for $1,000 on 09/21/2024.”
The letter was signed by Urban and Ehlers and included a “disclaimer” that read, “Disclaimer: After signing this there will no changing y’all two’s minds and to never contact again.”
When authorities spoke with Urban and Ehlers, the couple said their baby was undergoing an adoption, according to an affidavit.
A cellphone video of Urban and Elhers signing the letter was obtained by authorities. The couple said they recorded it because they planned to “legalize” the adoption on Monday, according to the affidavit.
Witnesses told investigators that the baby had a “bad ammonia and fecal odor,” and that while changing their diaper they observed “heavy rash, blisters and swelling on the baby’s buttocks and genitals.”
Urban and Ehlers were both arrested and given a $50,000 bail. According to Benton County Sheriff’s Office records, Urban appears to have been released while Ehlers is still in custody.
Hope the cops are very sure that was their baby...
This should merit the death penalty
Old Milwaukee
Come judgment day, these two will be up damnation creek without a paddle.
Agreed.
Yeah but, if the parents are in jail…who will take care of the dogs?! What if the dogs were left inside the house and what about feeding the canines?!
Sounds like the title of a country song.
At least they will have had the 6-pack.
What brand of beer?
And tried to care for the baby and called the police even in a heavily intoxicated state.
So they get a gold star for effort.
Hope it wasn’t Bud Lite.
I am very sorry this happened.
In California there is a system in place where you can surrender your baby to a hospital, fire or police dept., walk away and no questions asked. There is even a “night door” where you can place the baby and leave.
Several babies are left every year by this method, I’m sure it saved their lives.
I live down the road from this camp ground.
This town is actually very nice, but sandwiched between bentonville and fayetteville is become the town of the poor and service-class.
A few minutes west to Oklahoma and babies are being sold along the road ALL THE TIME. At the casino, the bars and I saw a couple peddling one at a strip club in tulsa.
They come here because this is where the money is. Children are bought and sold here frequently.
Guy who took care of my septic system adopted two kids that his wife took care of at her in home day care. Mom had left the kids with them when on binges and one time had a guy pass out on top of her leg to the point they had to amputate it. Talked to his lawyer & they drew up some paperwork with a cash settlement & he adopted both of them.
In July of ‘23 he posted on FB that he’d hit the lowest low of his life, and started a GoFundMe for himself, daughter, and fiance.
Florida has that too....
The proud parents...
Death penalty
I join in your prayer.
Piece says the male has been released while the female is still in jail.
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