We all have those days when we feel like auctioning our kids to the highest bidder. But most of us are kidding. Notice I said 'most of'... There's always one. In this case, a 22-year-old mom of two trying to sell off her two tots on Facebook for a mere $4,000.
According to an article in Mashable, Misty VanHorn was arrested in Oklahoma for trafficking of her 2-year-old and 10-month-old. Sadly, it's not even the first time the desperate and broke mom tried to sell off her kids—for $1,000, or a "package deal" for the two of them at a bargain $4,000.
Scarier still, she had a willing pundit: a woman from Arkansas, just across the state border.
"Just come to Sallisaw, it's only 30 minutes away and I'll give you all of her stuff and let y'all have her forever for $1,000," read VanHorn's Facebook message to the woman. Shudder.
It's believed the mom wanted the cash to bail her boyfriend out of jail. Hopefully a jail she'll soon find herself in... Her kids are in state custody, pending a decent home to go to.
Next time you have a rough day with your kids, don't even think of threatening to put them on Kijiji or Craigslist. Seriously. Don't even joke about it.
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