Woman Allegedly Sold Newborn Baby for $15K

A Delaware mother of three is charged with trying to sell her newborn son for $15,000 because she didn’t want another child and wanted to go to Disney World, according to police.

Bridget Wismer, 33, allegedly agreed to give her infant son to John Gavaghan, 54, of Philadelphia who would falsely sign the birth certificate as the father and then raise the child as his own. Wismer’s grandmother first alerted police to the scheme, according to New Castle, Del., police documents.

Both subjects are charged with “dealing in children” and second degree conspiracy and face up to seven years in prison.

Wismer, who is unemployed and lives with her mother, told ABC affiliate WPVI Tuesday that the charges were all a big misunderstanding and no crime had taken place. She said Gavaghan is an old friend who was trying to help her with her three children.

“He told me he’d help me out and he was like, ‘We’ll take care of the baby together,’” Wismer said.