Arkansas Couple Sentenced After Attempting to Sell Infant Son for $1,000 and a Six-Pack of Beer, Deranged Mother Avoids Prison Time

An Arkansas couple has been sentenced for trying to sell their two-month-old baby boy to a stranger at a campground in exchange for a six-pack of beer and $1,000.

Darien Urban, 22, and Shalene Ehlers, 21, both from Rogers, Arkansas, pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the September 2024 incident at the Beaver Lake Hide-A-Way Campground in Benton County.

According to court documents, the couple approached a man named Cody Martin at the campsite and offered to relinquish their infant to him for the payment.