She REALLY Wanted the Dress!

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:44 pm

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Police said an Iowa woman wanted a wedding gown so badly that she would have traded her child for it.

Davenport, Iowa, police charged 31-year-old Marcy Gant with one felony count of sale of an individual. She is accused of trying to sell her 4-year-old son.

They said Gant bought a wedding dress from a local street vendor, paid part of the tab, and offered her son to make up the rest of the balance.

"During negotiations for the payment of this wedding dress, on at least two occasions, Ms. Gant offered her 4-year-old son as collateral," Capt. Dave Struckman of the Davenport Police Department.

Neighbors said they were shocked.

+++++++++++++++++++ She faces up to 10 years in the slammer, if convicted. I guess she won't be put up for "Mother of the Year," though.

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:52 pm

:wah: :wah: :wah:

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:04 pm

How come people can become parents just because they know how to have sex?

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:11 pm

I'd be interested to know her opinion of her own parental skills.

cherandbuster · Post by **cherandbuster** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:17 pm

Pinky wrote: That's something guaranteed to get me on my soap box

Why can't people bring them up properly and responsibly if they are going to have them:-5

Especially when you have lovely and loving people like DGal :-6 who would give anything to have the honor and privilege of raising a child :-5

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:17 pm

Gawd this makes IOWA look crappy LOL...We really don't give our kids away--except on Wednesdays and Saturdays....and sometimes if your in from out of town we make exceptions on Sundays..

:p

Just teasin--I hope she gets more then 10 yrs..but this is IOWA--you can beat your kids, molest them, deal drugs and have them test positive for meth, and still get them back and the DHS wonders why we end up with dead kids...theres a lady here that has a 19 page report of charges and lost her 2 older kids permenatly...BUT just got her baby back that was 24lbs under weight when he was taken...SICK SICK SICK!:-5

cars · Post by **cars** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:24 pm

mominiowa wrote: Gawd this makes IOWA look crappy LOL...We really don't give our kids away--except on Wednesdays and Saturdays....and sometimes if your in from out of town we make exceptions on Sundays..

:p

Just teasin--I hope she gets more then 10 yrs..but this is IOWA--you can beat your kids, molest them, deal drugs and have them test positive for meth, and still get them back and the DHS wonders why we end up with dead kids...theres a lady here that has a 19 page report of charges and lost her 2 older kids permenatly...BUT just got her baby back that was 24lbs under weight when he was taken...SICK SICK SICK!:-5

mom it's great to see you posting again, was worried about you!

mominiowa · Post by **mominiowa** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:29 pm

Thanks Cars! Good to hear from you...:-6

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:52 pm

That is horrible! What is more important, a dress or a child!

ARgi · Post by **ARgi** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:26 pm

oh come on...she was just loaning him out for hard labour to the fine gentleman until she could complete the payments...:wah:

ARgi · Post by **ARgi** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 2:36 pm

Pinky wrote: Anyone want a raw silk mediaeval style dress complete with red lacing detail and pointy sleeves? Free to a good home.

yup...i'll trade you my firstborn.

Bored_Wombat · Post by **Bored_Wombat** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:24 am

cherandbuster wrote: How come people can become parents just because they know how to have sex?

Plus, I'm pretty sure that some of them don't know how, the just just got lucky on the night.