BENTON COUNTY, Ark. (KOAM) — A couple who live in a camper trailer attempted to adopt away their baby for $1,000 and a 6-pack of beer.
Saturday, September 21, 2024, a call to 911 alerted the Benton County Sheriff’s Office of a sick baby at the Hide Away Campground, 8369 Campground Cir, Rogers, Ark. And the parents had signed an agreement to give up the baby.
Google Street View, Hideaway Campground, rural Rogers, Ark.
Initially Darien Urban and Shalene Ehlers, decided to trade the 2-month old baby for a 6-pack of beer. Then they decided they wanted $1,000. Which would be payable a few days later.
The mother, Ehlers, told witnesses with three dogs and a baby, it was not working. So that’s why they were arranging the adoption.
Shalene Ehlers courtesy BCSO.
The parents wrote a letter for the reporting person giving them custody of the baby. After taking the baby back to their residence at the trailer park they discovered the infant was in need of medical attention. EMS transported the baby to Children’s Hospital.