Woman insists sale of toddler on eBay was a joke

US authorities said a woman offered a two-year-old girl up for sale on eBay and accepted a man’s tongue-in-cheek bid.

Woman insists sale of toddler on eBay was a joke
Thu, 19 May, 2011 - 01:00

The Holland Sentinel said police located the woman in Allendale Township, about 15 miles west of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The woman had been caring for the child. The girl is now in her mother’s custody.

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