Kentucky Parents Charged With Attempting to Sell Newborn Twin Girls

Kentucky Parents Charged With Attempting to Sell Newborn Twin Girls
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MCKEE, Ky.—An eastern Kentucky couple has been accused of trying to sell their newborn twin girls.

The couple offered to sell the babies, who were born Feb. 28, to a relative for $5,000, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department said in arrest citations. The mother and father, both in their early 20s, were each charged with promoting human trafficking.