Police: Man Put Son, 4, For Sale On Craigslist,Said He Could No Longer Afford To Care

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SPOKANE, Wash. --

Spokane County sheriff's detectives are trying to find a man who allegedly offered to sell his son on Craigslist for $5,000, KXLY-TV reported.

Investigators believe the ad is not a hoax and have gotten a search warrant to find the person who posted the ad in February.
In the posting, the father identified himself as a single parent named Rick who ran out of child care options. His posting started out by saying that "Gavin is a great kid but I can no longer afford to take care of him."

Rick said his 4-year-old "loves playing with balls but doesn't really like to play with cars and refuses to eat vegetables." Rick also wrote that "he doesn't fuss very much but when he does he just screams for hours. I usually just put him in the closet until he stops and that usually works."

Detectives were alerted to the posting by a Spokane Valley woman, who copied the ad and sent it to the sheriff's office. Detectives said the ad was only up for a short time on Craigslist.

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[TwiztidAngel]

i have now seen it all...good thing dad is just a dumbass and not a baby murderer...hope you find happiness lil guy...away from dumbass

[Gidget]

You're right, not a baby murderer but I am unthrilled with his comment that he puts the kid in the closet to shut him up when he starts screaming.

[DamagedGoods]

It sounds sort of hoaxish to me, if you're really selling your kid, why comment that he screams at all, wouldn't the idea be to make him more enticing? And the vegetables thing, it just sounds like a joke to me... its too non-chalant...

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Police: bored Idaho teen posted 'boy for sale' ad
SPOKANE, Wash. -- A Craigslist ad offering a 4-year-old boy for sale for $5,000 was the work of a bored north Idaho teen, according to Sandpoint, Idaho, police.
Sandpoint Lt. Corey Coon said he tracked the ad to a 17-year-old who said he posted it on the Internet site as a joke using a photo of a child he found on the Internet.
The ad's author claimed to be the boy's father and identified the child as "Gavin."
"He doesn't fuss very much, but when he does he just screams for hours. I usually just put him in his closet until he stops and that usually works," the ad copy said.
The listing also said the boy was "a great kid, but I can no longer afford to take care of him."
The teen wrote an apology letter over the weekend after Coon confronted him at his home on Friday. The teen didn't realize the concern he caused or the time investigators spent trying to determine if the ad was a hoax or something sinister, Coon said.
"He was home with nothing else to do, and he thought it'd be funny," Coon said.
A Spokane, Wash., woman initially spotted the ad on Feb. 28 and soon alerted authorities. Craigslist removed the ad shortly after it was posted.
Spokane County sheriff's Deputy Damon Simmons used search warrants served on Internet service providers to track the computer that created the post to north Idaho, then turned the case over to Sandpoint police.
Coon said he's investigating possible criminal charges, such as identity theft or fraud, and hopes to send his report to the Bonner County prosecutor's office by Monday.
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