Darien municipality21, and Shalene EhlersA 20-year-old Arkansas couple was charged with trying to sell their 2-month-old son for $1,000.
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This is what the Arkansas couple allegedly tried to do with their 2-month-old son
According to United States todayUrban and Ehlers allegedly attempted to commit their crimes at the Beaver Lake Hide Away Campground in Rogers, Arkansas, on September 21. The newspaper noted that the pair were believed to have lived there about three months.
According to the arrest affidavit, a man came to the couple’s camp and asked if he could keep the child overnight. In return, the man offered to give his parents some beer. The parents apparently agreed, and while the child was in the man’s care, he and a woman took photos of the blisters and rash on the child’s body.
Amid the events, the child’s parents allegedly wrote a note, signing away their rights to the child. each EVERYBODYthe man claimed he would give the couple a cashier’s check for $1,000.
“[Parents’ names[ are signing our rights over to [redacted] of our baby boy [redacted] for 1,000 USD on September 21, 2024. Disclaimer: Once signed this will be available [be] do not change either of their minds and never contact again,” the note allegedly read, per United States today.
According to the source, someone in the camp management office called the police, reporting that the couple “tried to give their child away for money and beer.” Additionally, the caller requested medical attention for the child.
What’s next for Darien Urban and Shalene Ehlers?
each United States todayThe 2-month-old baby was taken to the children’s hospital for treatment. The newspaper reported that as of Thursday, September 26, his condition remained unclear. However, EVERYBODY reported that he was in the care of the Arkansas Department of Human Services.
Meanwhile, Darien Urban and Shalene Ehlers reportedly told police that their letter was intended to support their son’s adoption. Furthermore, the agency reported that they were taken to a local jail.
Urban and Ehlers were reportedly charged with “felony endangering the welfare of a child and attempting to give up a minor for adoption.”
Urban’s bond was reportedly set at $50,000. United States today reported that he had been released from custody. However, Ehlers seems to still be in prison on five-figure bond amounts, each EVERYBODY.
Furthermore, both are scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday, October 29. United States today.
Darien Urban, 21, and Shalene Ehlers, 20 #Rogers, #Arkansaswere arrested for allegedly selling their 2-month-old baby for $1,000 and 6 cans of beer
The couple was charged with endangering the welfare of minors and attempting to give up a minor for adoption… pic.twitter.com/ziK9867vr6
– True Crime Update (@TrueCrimeUpdat) September 26, 2024
An Indiana father was sentenced for allegedly letting this happen to his infant son
The Arkansas couple are not the only parents to suffer severe consequences for allegedly treating their child. EQUAL Shade room previously reported, earlier this month, David Schonabaum, an Indiana father, was convicted of three counts of child neglect.
Additionally, Schonabaum was accused of forcing his stepchildren and six-month-old son to live in unclean and unsanitary conditions in his home. Furthermore, authorities found his newborn son “covered in blood” in the house and bitten by more than 50 rats.
The children’s injuries were said to be so severe that a prosecutor claimed the boy was said to have been “permanently disfigured”.
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