Overview
- Darien Urban pleaded guilty to attempted accepting compensation for adoption and was sentenced to three years in the Arkansas Department of Corrections, with an additional three-year term suspended.
- Shalene Ehlers pleaded guilty to attempting to accept compensation and to endangering the child’s welfare, and the judge imposed six years of state-supervised probation with the charges suspended.
- The pleas were entered on Dec. 22 and accepted in late December 2025, marking the conclusion of the case.
- Authorities said a witness at Rogers’ Beaver Lake Hide-A-Way Campground alerted police, and investigators obtained a handwritten contract purporting to transfer custody to “Cody Martin” for $1,000 dated 9/21/24.
- Coverage of the plea terms says the parents are barred from contacting the child, with reports indicating the baby is now in a stable adoptive home.