A former Hazelwood resident, who in 2008 won $1 million in the Missouri lottery, has pleaded "no contest" to charges of selling her infant grandchild in Florida.

Patty Bigbee entered her plea last week in Volusia County in Florida. The 46-year-old, who moved to Holly Hill, FL with her boyfriend after winning her cash, has a sentencing scheduled for August 11.

Court records show Bigbee, who was broke just two years after winning her million, entered her plea to two counts of illegal sale of a child and using a cellphone to commit a crime, KSDK reported.

THE ADOPTION FROM HELL

Nearly 30 years ago, Patty Bigbee was a pregnant teenager working in a café across the street from a bank in Dayton, OH. One day, she overheard Gail Wingo, a regular who worked at a nearby bank, say she was having trouble getting pregnant, according to a Palm Beach Post News article.

Bigbee reportedly made her way to the bank and offered her unborn child to Wingo for adoption, according to the Palm Beach Post News article, the woman agreed, and as the pregnancy progressed, Bigbee began to pressure the adoptive mother and father, the Wingos, for money.

That baby, born April 28, 1983, grew up to become 27-year-old Danielle Skiver of Valrico, FL. Skiver said she recently learned that her biological mother would often threaten to cancel the adoption during the pregnancy and early months of Skiver's life, according to a WFTV (Orlando) report.

Bigbee reportedly told Gail and Kenneth Wingo that if they would "help her out moneywise," she would be less likely to "change her mind" about the adoption.
Bigbee also told the Wingos horror stories about her own home life, claiming she was being physically and sexually abused by several people, according to a United Press International report.

Skiver estimated that during the course of the adoption process, Bigbee received about $30,000 from the adoptive parents. She said her mother and father made the payments because they were terrified that Bigbee might reclaim the baby and take her into a dangerous domestic situation, according to a WFTV (Orlando) report.

The adoption was final when Skiver was one year old, and the family didn't hear from Bigbee again after they left Ohio and moved to Tampa. In the Palm Beach Post News report, Skiver said Bigbee was pregnant again by the time the adoption papers were signed and that Bigbee had given up that child, a son, for adoption.

On November 10, 1988, Bigbee gave birth to another daughter, Stephanie Bigbee-Davis, also known as Stephanie Fleming, in California. Bigbee also gave that child away to a family member to rear.

VARIED INTERACTION ON THE "WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW"

During the '90s Bigbee was convicted of writing bad checks in Ohio and was jailed for armed robbery charges in 1999. Bigbee was released from prison in 2007 and moved to Hazelwood in 2008. This is where she bought a winning Powerball ticket and moved to Florida with her winnings.

Bigbee's stay in Hazelwood was short-lived. She purchased her winning ticket at Howdershell BP, according to the Missouri Lottery announcement, and left soon after the win. By July of 2010, she and her boyfriend, 42-year-old Lawrence Works, had spent all of her lottery money, according to an ABC News report.

It was around that time, she reconnected with Bigbee-Davis, who was also struggling financially and pregnant. Bigbee-Davis gave birth to a son and began living with Bigbee, a Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FLDE) charging affidavit states.

THE BACKGROUND

Bigbee stated that her daughter then left the baby in her care. The Florida Department of Children and Families confirmed it was looking into a complaint that Bigbee-Fleming had abandoned the baby, the FDLE charging affidavit states.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said that Bigbee had also filed a complaint against her daughter with Bigbee-Fleming's probation officer, stating she had violated the terms of her probation, the FLDE charging affidavit states.

Bigbee's neighbors reported seeing her and boyfriend, Works, on her front porch playing with the infant at their Holly Hill home in the weeks the followed. According to the FLDE charging affidavit, a child protective services worker visited Bigbee's home and confirmed that the baby was being properly cared for at the time of the visit. It was at that time that Bigbee stated she could not take care of him, and the Florida Department of Children and Families was in the process of placing him in a foster home.

But Bigbee and her daughter continued to have financial problems. According to the FLDE charging affidavit, Bigbee concocted a plan to sell her 8-week-old grandson to a Florida couple who happened to be her estranged daughter, Danielle Skiver.

While Skiver initially refused contact with Bigbee because of the stories she'd heard from her adoptive parents, the FLDE charging affidavit states she eventually began communicating with Bigbee. Skiver told police that she mentioned her desire to have more children during their Facebook conversations. That was when Bigbee told her about the baby who needed a new home.

According to the FLDE charging affidavit, Bigbee told Skiver that her daughter, Bigbee-Fleming, had abandoned her son, and Bigbee didn't want to raise him. Bigbee then offered Skiver the opportunity to adopt the baby.

Skiver and her husband, Guy, who she married in 2006, agreed to adopt her nephew. During a phone call to the MJ Morning Show, Skiver said that considering events in her own life, she had always believed strongly in adoption.

Skiver said there had been no discussion of money, but then Bigbee sent her a message on Facebook telling her there would be a fee, the FLDE charging affidavit states.

THE BUST

In fact, Bigbee initially told Skiver that Bigbee-Davis wanted $75,000, according to the FLDE charging affidavit. At that time, Skiver called Tampa Bay police, who got the FDLE involved. After Skiver continued negotiating with Bigbee along with police support, Bigbee told Skiver that Bigbee-Davis wanted $60,000 and would "go no lower," the FLDE charging affidavit states. Bigbee eventually, she relented and reduced the price again to $50,000.

At that point, Bigbee threatened to seek another buyer, but eventually agreed to sell her grandson for $30,000. She said Bigbee-Davis reportedly wanted the money to buy a car and to pay for her probation and court fines, according to the FLDE charging affidavit.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokesperson Keith Kameg said that Skiver had cited "the current state of the economy" in order to get Bigbee to lower the price. And, according to the FLDE charging affidavit, Bigbee suggested to Skiver that she "put up collateral and get a bank loan" when Skiver told her she "didn't have access to that kind of money."

Skiver told police that Bigbee informed her that Bigbee-Davis didn't want to see any names on the paperwork because she didn't want to know who was getting the baby, the FLDE charging affidavit states. Bigbee said Bigbee-Fleming "just wanted to sign the paperwork and leave."

Bigbee said that Bigbee-Davis had obtained a paper from the baby's presumed father, Charles Clifford Shinka, with whom she lived in Bradenton, FL. The FLDE charging affidavit states Shinka's criminal history includes aggravated assault with a weapon, domestic battery and cruelty toward a child with physical and mental injury.

Skiver worked with police, including officers from the Tampa Bay, Ft. Myers and Orlando Regional Operations Centers, to catch Bigbee and her alleged accomplice Works, according to a FDLE statement. Police brought in an undercover investigator in the guise of a paralegal, who Skiver advised Bigbee to contact to arrange to have Bigbee-Davis sign the parental release papers.

On November 5, 2010, Bigbee-Davis met the undercover special agent, who was posing as a paralegal, in a restaurant in Bradenton at a meeting Bigbee arranged, according to the FDLE charging affidavit. Police said Bigbee arranged the meeting to make sure that Bigbee-Davis couldn't "take back the child" after the sale and adoption, it states.

Bigbee-Davis told the investigator that she was giving up her son because she was unable to take care of him financially, the FDLE charging affidavit  states. Bigbee-Davis signed a document giving up her parental rights and provided a birth certificate, as well as a handwritten document Charles Shinka signed releasing his parental rights. According to FDLE charging affidavit, Shinka then arrived at the restaurant and signed the paperwork the undercover agent provided. Bigbee-Davis called her mother and told her that the papers had been signed.

At the same time, the FDLE charging affidavit states that the undercover investigators were meeting with Skiver, Bigbee and Works in a Daytona Beach parking lot to make the exchange. As soon as Bigbee confirmed that the papers had been signed in Bradenton, she took the cashier's check.

Works then placed the baby's stroller, clothing and supplies in the investigator's car, according to the FDLE charging affidavit.

THE ARREST

Once the baby was safely strapped into his car seat and out of harm's way, police moved in to arrest Bigbee and Works. Each was charged with a third-degree felony—the illegal sale of a child, Kameg confirmed. The maximum prison sentence is just five years. Bigbee was also charged with communication fraud.

Bigbee-Davis was arrested for a being a principal to the illegal sale or surrender of a child, and was held at the Manatee County Jail on $50,000 bond, according to a FDLE statement. She waived her right to an attorney and agreed to discuss the situation with FDLE Agent Vickie Morris, at which time she admitted that she was aware of Bigbee's intent to sell her son, she believed for $10,000.

The FDLE charging affidavit states that Bigbee had lied to the child's mother  about the amount she was being paid for the baby. Bigbee said she was being paid $10,000, the FDLE charging affidavit states, but Bigbee-Davis believed her mother was only keeping $1,000.

"Skiver did the right thing getting the police involved," Kameg said. "Bigbee appeared to be emotionless at her first hearing in Volusia County and didn't even ask about the baby or her daughters—she only asked if her bail would be lowered."

SENTENCING

Bigbee-Davis  pleaded guilty in March to her role in the crime. She was sentenced to a two-year prison term.

Works pleaded "no contest" in March and received time served for his role in the crime.

Skiver and her husband, Guy, released a statement to ABC News expressing their relief that the situation will soon come to an end now that Bigbee has finally made a plea.

"We are very pleased that Patty finally made the right choice to admit her guilt," the statement read. "We will be speaking at her sentencing on August 11 and hope that justice prevails and that she serves all 10 years that she is facing.

"We all love (the baby) very much, and we see him as much as allowed and pray that one day he will join our family. We are not allowed to speak on any court proceedings."

Florida foster care officials now have the baby, and Skiver is working with authorities to attempt to legally adopt him.