Insane contract signed by Arkansas couple who tried to sell their two-month-old baby boy to a stranger for $1,000 and six-pack of beer

An Arkansas mates signed an insane declaration successful a twisted effort to pawn disconnected their two-month-old babe to strangers astatine a campy tract for $1,000 and immoderate beers.

Darien Tyler Urban, 21, and Shalene Faith Ehlers, 20, were trying to commercialized their babe lad to a antheral they met at a campground adjacent Beaver Lake connected Saturday erstwhile the manager called police, KNWA reports.

Deputies arrived connected the country learned that the mates had signed a missive granting custody to a antheral named Cody Martin successful speech for a $1,000 cashier's check.

The duo had earlier passed their babe disconnected to different antheral who was noticeably intoxicated for immoderate beer, according to the Benton County Sheriff's Office.

The declaration read: 'I, Darien Urban and Shalene Ehlers, are signing our rights implicit to [Martin] of our babe for $1,000 connected 9/21/24.

'Disclaimer: After signing this determination volition beryllium nary changing y'all 2 minds and to ne'er interaction again.'

When deputies arrived connected the scene, Ehlers and Urban were obscurity to beryllium found, according to 4029TV.  

Deputies past spoke with respective witnesses, including Ricky Crawford, who they said 'smelled heavily' of alcohol, was slurring his words and was struggling to enactment upright.

Crawford told deputies helium approached the young mates earlier and offered to instrumentality their babe for the nighttime successful speech for a six-pack of beer, according to KNWA.

Crawford besides said helium was 'concerned astir the welfare' of the child, and brought the babe with him to Martin, who was staying successful a camper.

Urban and Ehlers past went to Martin's camper with the connection to merchantability the babe for $1,000, the Kansas City Star reports, citing tribunal documents.

Martin said Ehlers told him it was hard for her to instrumentality attraction of the babe due to the fact that of her pets, saying it 'was not moving having 3 dogs and a baby.'

Martin agreed to wage for the baby, but told the mates helium wanted to person it successful writing. So helium drew up the crude declaration for the mates to sign. 

He besides took a video of Urban and Ehlers signing the insubstantial for further impervious they agreed, with the mates saying they planned to 'legalize' the adoption that Monday.

But Martin did not person the money, and told Urban and Ehlers helium would bring them a $1,000 cashier's cheque the adjacent day.

Instead, though, Martin took the signed statement to the manager of the campground and explained what happened - prompting the manager to telephone 911. 

When investigators yet did find Ehlers and Urban, they asked the coupe if they knew wherever their kid was, to which they replied that helium was undergoing an adoption.

Another women deputies spoke with reported that the babe 'had a atrocious ammonia and fecal odor.'

She said she changed his diaper and saw a 'heavy rash, blisters and swelling connected the baby's buttocks and genitals.'

The pistillate besides claimed that the diaper was besides afloat of canine hair, and she gave the babe a bath. 

'Urban and Ehlers created a important hazard of decease oregon superior carnal wounded by abandoning their insignificant kid initially with an evidently intoxicated antheral and yet with idiosyncratic they did not know,' tribunal documents say.

The mates were past taken into custody and charged with endangering the payment of a insignificant and attempting to perpetrate information for relinquishing a insignificant for adoption.

Urban was released connected a $5,000 enslaved connected Tuesday, portion Ehlers remained successful custody connected a $30,000 bail, according to KNWA, which reports that they some had anterior transgression histories.

Urban was antecedently convicted connected 2 counts of felony theft by receiving successful Bentonville successful 2024, and a artillery complaint successful Rogers successful 2023.

He was inactive serving a 3 twelvemonth probation astatine the clip of his arrest.

Ehlers, meanwhile, was arrested for misdemeanor shoplifting successful Fayetteville successful 2024. 

Last year, Urban besides created an online fundraiser saying helium and Ehlers were struggling aft the commencement of their archetypal child, a daughter.

'My girl Rosa was calved connected May 20, 2023 and I'm ace blessed to beryllium a dad, but I support getting bushed down each clip I deliberation beingness starts turning around,' it said.

'I'm trying to marque this fundraiser due to the fact that we unrecorded retired of a motel close present and it's taking each of my wealth from my paychecks from work. I enactment for Uber Eats. 

'Any funds we summation from this volition beryllium utilized to get a amended extortion implicit my family.'

The fundraiser lone netted $150 for the family.

It is unclear what happened with the older child, but prosecutors said the babe lad is present successful the attraction of the Arkansas Department of Human Service.