A video shows a police officer counting the money, and the detained mother being handcuffed.
A social worker is seen carrying the child to a waiting car to take the boy into care — likely triggering intervention from state child welfare services and legal guardianship attorneys.
Last week it was announced that the woman had been convicted of human trafficking against a minor and imprisoned for eight years.
“According to her, she did not want to take care of her son, so she decided to get rid of him,” said a police statement.
A deeply troubling consequence of poor access to postpartum mental health care and parenting support infrastructure.
The buyer was known to her, it was alleged.
“She planned to open her own business with the money she received.”
