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See What Happens When You Try to Sell Your Kid For $15K

Mandi Woodruff for Business Insider
Posted on Jun 19, 2012

Check out this surprising piece from our friends at Business Insider: 

A Delaware woman who allegedly tried to sell her newborn son to a friend in order to pay for a Disney vacation has pled guilty to the charges, NBC Philadelphia reports.

Bridget Wismer, 34, was arrested in October along with John Gavaghan, 54, a man who police say agreed to buy her month-old son for $15,000.

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Investigators say Wismer never wanted the child and planned to use the cash to take her other children on a trip to Disney World.

Wismer’s grandmother tipped off investigators to where the pair would meet to hash out the final paperwork.

They were charged with dealing in children, falsifying a birth certificate (a felony) and conspiracy in the second degree. At a hearing Thursday, they pled guilty to just one count of falsifying a birth certificate.

Watch her tearful interview with NBC Philadelphia below:

Photo courtesy of NBC Philadelphia. 

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  • MARILYNVU

    O…M…G

  • http://missluckybreaks.onsugar.com/ Linda

    Oh my goodness!

  • Samiam2025

    As a mother and grandmother I am speechless and sick feeling in my stomach!  She has never heard of legal adoption?!

    • guest

      They charge a lot of money for legal adoption as well. (15k+) And the birth parent doesn’t see any of that money…seems like a corrupt system to me.

  • http://twitter.com/SenseofCents Michelle

    That is CRAZY

  • Lucy

    Talk about crocodile tears!  Notice that about 5 seconds after she breaks down, she’s talking normally and there is not one tear on her face.  Ridiculous!