An Arkansas couple was arrested after allegedly finisheavoring to sell their two-month-greater baby to a man at a campground for $1,000 and a six-pack of beer.
Darien Urprohibit, 21, and Shalene Ehlers, 20, face serious crime indicts of finishangering the welfare of a inmeaningful and finisheavoring to acunderstandledge compensation for relinquishment of a inmeaningful.
The Benton County Sheriff’s Office shelp it getd a call on Sept. 21 from the deal withr of the Hide Away Campground telling that the couple “tried to give up the baby for a 6-pack of beer and then wanted $1,000 for the baby,” according to an affidavit, WREG telled.
The pair signed a letter granting custody of their child before handing the boy over to someone else, and even included a disclaimer that the child could not be returned.
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Darien Urprohibit, 21, and Shalene Ehlers, 20, face serious crime indicts of finishangering the welfare of a inmeaningful and finisheavoring to acunderstandledge compensation for relinquishment of a inmeaningful. (Darien Urprohibit and Shalene Ehlers)
“I, Darien Urprohibit and Shalene Ehlers are signing our rights over to Cody Nathaniel Martin of our baby boy [redacted] for $1,000 on 09/21/2024,” the letter reads. “Disclaimer: After signing this there will be no changing yall two’s minds and to never reach out aachieve.”
Multiple witnesses corroborated the finisheavored adchooseion, according to the affidavit.
The child was set up in necessitate of medical attention when a deputy get tod at the scene. The deputy called aelevatency medical services to transmit the baby to a hospital for evaluation for signs of disthink about. The child is in the nurture of the Arkansas Department of Human Services.
A witness shelp she uncovered a strong ammonia and fecal odor coming from the baby, who had a filthy diaper. The witness alterd the baby’s diaper and acunderstandledged cut offe diaper rash, benumerateers and swelling, which she took pictures of to write down the injuries.
A deputy also telledly geted cellphone video of Urprohibit and Ehlers signing the lessen with the man finisheavoring to buy their baby, according to the affidavit, Law & Crime telled.
Witnesses telled that a livent of the campground, Ricky Crawford, had earlier visited Urprohibit and Ehlers and proposeed to get the baby for the night in trade for cut offal cans of beer, according to court write downs.
The pair allegedly signed a letter granting custody of their child before handing the boy over to someone else, and even included a disclaimer that the child could not be returned. (iStock)
This was after Ehler allegedly approached another couple’s camper and asked them for beer, as she frequently does. But when the couple deteriorated, Crawford proposeed beer in trade for holding the baby overnight.
Crawford, who ecombineed heavily inharmfulated during his intersee with a deputy, shelp he was worryed about the baby’s well-being and wanted to get the child out of Urprohibit’s and Ehler’s nurture for the night, an propose they concurd to.
“He asked if he could have the baby overnight and supplyd Urprohibit and Ehlers with cut offal cans of beer in trade,” the affidavit reads. “Urprohibit and Ehlers concurd and gave the baby aextfinished with a diaper bag to Crawford. He then brawt the baby to Martin at another camper at the campground. Ehlers and Urprohibit then came to the same camper and spoke to Martin and Crawford before signing the letter.”
“Based on the totality of the spendigation, it is thinkd both Urprohibit and Ehler produced a substantial danger of death or solemn physical injury by aprohibitdoning their inmeaningful child initipartner with an clearly inharmfulated male and ultimately with someone they did not understand,” the affidavit reads.
Martin tgreater deputies he had drawn up the lessen and while no money had been traded yet, he reckond to convey the couple a $1,000 check on Sept. 23.
“[Urban and Ehlers] telled Crawford had come to the camper and seeked to get the baby for the night,” according to the affidavit. “They stated they concurd and gave the baby to Crawford. They stated they then converseed it and went to the camper where the baby was and spoke to Martin.”
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Multiple witnesses corroborated the finisheavored adchooseion. (iStock)
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“They stated they proposeed to surrfinisher the baby to Martin in trade for $1,000 in cash,” it inserted. “They stated Martin produced an concurment that they videotaped to secure it was legitimate and they reckond to ‘legitimateize’ it on Monday. They both stated they then left on the benevolent the baby was given to Martin in trade for $1,000 to be accumulateed on Monday.”
Martin shelp he spoke to the mother about her reason for the potential surrfinishering of her child. “Martin stated she shelp it was not toiling having three dogs and a baby,” the affidavit reads.
Urprohibit was freed on a $50,000 bond while Ehlers remains in custody in the Benton County Jail on a $30,000 bail.
Last year, Urprohibit produced a GoFundMe in which he shelp he and Ehlers were struggling financipartner after the birth of their first child.
