US mother tries to sell son to buy car

A woman in Florida has been charged with trying to sell her eight-week-old baby son to pay for a new car.

Stephanie Bigbee Fleming used her mother Patty to broker the deal and initially demanded $75,000 (£38,319) for the infant, Sky News reports.

The 22-year-old later agreed to reduce the price to $30,000 (£18,551) when the prospective buyer said they could not get a bank loan.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said Fleming was to receive $9,000 (£5,565) from the sale, with her mother taking the rest.

“Fleming planned to purchase a new vehicle from the money received,” an FDLE spokeswoman said.

She also needed money to pay court costs for an unrelated probation violation, the arrest documents also revealed.

Fleming was arrested on Tuesday. Her mother, Patty Bigbee was arrested last week with her boyfriend Lawrence Works.

All three have been charged with the illegal sale of a child, and Bigbee was also charged with communications fraud.

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