"Newborn John" FLEMING - 8 Weeks - (W of New Smyrna Beach) FL

Florida police arrest mother for alleged role in trying to sell son

By the CNN Wire Staff
November 9, 2010 -- Updated 2205 GMT (0605 HKT)

Stephanie Bigbee Fleming, the baby's mother, is the third person charged in the case.


(CNN) -- A Florida mother has been arrested for her alleged part in attempting to sell her 8-week-old son, police said Tuesday. Stephanie Bigbee Fleming, 22, is the third person charged in the case. Her mother, Patty Bigbee, 45, and her mother's boyfriend, Lawrence Works, 42, were arrested and charged last week. Fleming was already incarcerated on unrelated charges. Bigbee is accused of having approached a potential buyer in late October, offering to sell the infant for $75,000, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) said in a statement. The would-be buyer then contacted authorities. Together, they negotiated the price of the baby down to $30,000 and agreed to meet, the statement said. Bigbee and her boyfriend arranged the sale for last Friday, at which point officers swept in. "They were in contact," said FDLE spokesman Keith Kameg about the mother and daughter. "And according to our investigation, they discussed the sale of the child. The birth mother was told by her mother that the sale price was $10,000." Police say Fleming had agreed to receive $9,000 from the sale and that she planned to buy a new vehicle with the money. The infant is currently in the custody of the Florida Department of Children and Families.
Fleming's bond was set at $50,000, while Bigbee's was put at $100,000. Works is being held on a $50,000 bond.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/11/09/florida.infant.sale/

Whistle blower speaks out on baby sale


Updated: Friday, 12 Nov 2010, 6:21 PM EST
Published : Friday, 12 Nov 2010, 6:21 PM ESTThe latest now in a baby-for-sale case you won't see anywhere else: A woman offered a shady deal by her own biological mother- and her own half-sister now ready to talk. This story becoming more and more twisted over the past week:
Patti Bigbee arrested first in Volusia County. She's the baby's grandmother-
Stephanie Bigbee then busted too, she's the baby's real mother.
And the woman who alerted authorities has no qualms about turning in blood relatives. Patty Bigbee -- the 45-yr-old grandma -- contacted her biological daughter on Facebook a few months ago. The daughter -- Danielle Skiver -- says she was horrified when her own mother offered to sell an 11-week-old child to her for $75,000. That child? Bigbee's own grandson and technically, Danielle's nephew. Danielle went to the cops. The rest is history -- except she has this to say, to FOX 35 exclusively: “That was the first time I had spoken to her in 27 years,” says Danielle Skiver. Skiver says it's unreal what went down with her biological mom when they talked on the phone for the first time ever last month.contd....http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/volusia_news/111210whistle-blower-speaks-out-on-baby-sale