Woman tried to sell unborn baby on Facebook for ‘minimum of US$150’, Texas police say
Mother was arrested and charged with sale or purchase of a child, Houston Police Department records show. Her bond was set at US$30,000
A Texas woman was arrested after officials say she tried to sell her unborn baby on Facebook.
On September 22, two days before her baby was born, she posted to a Facebook group intended for birth mothers to find people interested in adoption, according to the Houston Police Department.
A day before, on September 21, the woman had reached out to a family member and asked her to help find a family to adopt her baby, according to a criminal complaint.
The family member took to Facebook, and made a post in search of someone who could take the baby boy once he was born, court records said.
“OK, I’m trying this again. Mum can see this post and she will be reaching out to whomever is tagged. She asked me to post again. She needs someone there during labour and [to] take baby boy home. She doesn’t want him going into foster care,” the post said, according to authorities.
After she published the post, the pregnant woman told the family member she wanted money for the baby, to which the family member told her “that is illegal”, according to court records.
