[사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]In Texas, a woman in her 40s approached a mother and threatened to buy a child for 600 million won, but the police were arrested.
US media Insider reported on the 23rd (local time) that Texas police had arrested Rebecca Runnett Taylor, 49, on charges of child trafficking. Child trafficking is a third-degree felony.
According to police, Taylor approached a mother at a Walmart store in Crockett, Texas last week, praised the child’s blonde hair and blue eyes, and asked how much she could buy, according to police.
This mother was offended, but thought it was a joke and tried to laugh it off, but Taylor said she now has $250,000 in the car and wants to buy your child with the money.
Then the mother told the child to fall, and Taylor left the scene and went to the parking lot.
Thinking that this unpleasant thing was over here, the mother faced another crisis. I met Taylor again in the parking lot.
Taylor went back to her mother and offered to give her $500,000 if $250,000 was not enough.
The terrified mother hurriedly got into the car she was driving with her child and locked the door. Taylor then left the scene.
After receiving the report, the police arrived and identified Taylor through a CCTV (closed circuit) TV in the store and arrested him. Taylor is currently in prison in Houston County, Texas, and is on bail of $50,000.
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