Ebay Baby

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    • Baby for sale on eBay seven months old
    • Mother 23 years old
    • Father 24 years old
    • Parents claim it was "a joke"
    • Ad listed for two hours and thirty minutes
    • eBay deleted post, helped police track down parents

  • Police in Germany have taken a seven month old baby into custody after receiving word that the child was placed for sale on eBay.

    The 23-year-old mother said it was just a joke, but police are still investigating on suspicion of child trafficking.

  • Baby For Sale

    Several people in Germany notified authorities after coming across the advertisement on eBay. The ad read "Baby -- collection only. Offer my nearly new baby for sale because it cries too much. Male, 70 cm long."

    Bidding began at one euro, equivalent to $1.57 in the U.S., there were no bidders. The eBay ad was pulled two hours after it was posted.

  • Just a Joke

    The mother was interviewed by a German newspaper called Bild, she said "It was only a joke. I just wanted to see if someone would make an offer. They've taken my son to hospital and I've got to take psychiatric tests next week."

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