Mom Trades 7 Mo. Old Daughter For Puppy

[Bozo Galora]

(Actually, puppies are cheaper to raise)

The Associated Press
Wednesday, April 3, 2002; 12:12 AM

ENID, Okla. ?? A woman accused of trying to trade her baby girl for a Chihuahua puppy has been charged with trafficking in children.

Kathryn A. Smith, 21, surrendered on an outstanding warrant Friday and was released after an initial court appearance.

Prosecutors said Smith offered to give her mother's neighbor custody of her 7-month-old daughter if the woman gave her a Chihuahua she was selling for $200.

Smith later upped the price to $2,000, authorities said. The neighbor told police she agreed because she believed Smith was neglecting the child and she wanted to help the girl, authorities said. The deal was never completed.

Smith, who now lives in Springdale, Ark., briefly stayed with the neighbor last April after she was kicked out of her mother's home.

Smith signed papers allowing the woman to seek medical treatment for the baby if necessary and promised to give her legal custody, an affidavit said. Smith's mother later told the neighbor Smith tried to sell the child in Arkansas, authorities said.

The girl remains in Smith's custody.

 

[areohbe]

what a sad, sad world we live in...

i mean a chihuahua?! what the hell?! she could have at least done the right thing and traded the baby in for some sweet, sweet crack

 

[junthin]

WTF! :Q

That's just wrong.

 

[Bozo Galora]

I would have held out for at least a plasma monitor!

 

[ThaGrandCow]

What a horrible mother. That's clearly child neglect, or at least an early warning sign. Why does she still have the baby?

 

[Pocatello]

My parents would have said "Only in America".

 

[Miramonti]

I would have held out for at least a plasma monitor!

Too bad your real parents weren't as greedy.

 

[MikeO]

That's so f#¤ed up.

 

[hooj]

a chihuahua, if your going to trade in a baby you might aswell go for a proper dog

 

[Nitemare]

<< What a horrible mother. That's clearly child neglect, or at least an early warning sign. Why does she still have the baby? >>



Because in this country a woman will always retain custody unless she either kills the baby or herself.

I remember reading somewhere else where a mother retained custody of her child after killing one or two of its siblings...


[Yakof Smirnoff]Only in America[/Yakof Smirnoff] just shows you how much we need to look into the legal and judicial systems and reform them.

 

[Kyle]

Eh, the way I see it, it would probably be better for the child than to be raised in a house lacking any parental love...Of coarse who knows what type of women the neighbor was.
BTW, I'm not supporting selling children, I think she should give the child up for adoption if she cant handle the responsiblity of raising it.

 

[IJump]

people are stupid