A woman was arrested who traded two young children for a bird and a bit of cash, the lead detective on the case said on Friday.
The story began several weeks ago when Greenwell pulled her cattle truck into a livestock dealer's to make a delivery. A couple had put up a flier at the dealer's, advertising a cockatoo they had for sale for US$1,500. the woman saw the picture of the cockatoo along with the phone number, and with her raising birds already, she called them up. The deal was sealed, and she handed over a five-year-old boy and a four-year-old girl to the couple in exchange for the bird and US$175.