Couple charged with selling baby

WEST BEND (AP) - A Kewaskum mother and father accused of selling their newborn made an initial appearance in Washington County Circuit Court and have been released on a signature bond.

Thirty-eight-year-old David Schmidt and 33-year-old Angela Schmidt are charged with party to unauthorized placement for adoption. Prosecutors say they sold their infant girl to a Missouri woman for about $5,500 shortly after Angela Schmidt gave birth at Aurora Medical Center in Hartford Dec. 20, 2004.

After learning of the alleged sale, a Hartford police detective spoke to the Schmidts in December of 2008. Detective Randy Abbott says the Schmidts told him the baby was their birth child.

The couple waived their right to a timely preliminary hearing. They're due back in court June 24.