Mother Traded Girl, 8, For Crack, Police Say

An 8-year-old girl was raped after her mother traded her to a man for crack, police said Monday.

“The woman and the man both admitted it was a deal for crack,” police spokesman Mike Halphen said. “The man said she knew he was going to have sex with the little girl. He said that was the deal.”

Michael Cain, 31, and the girl’s mother, Bertha Hill, 28, were arrested Sunday and jailed on $100,000 bail each.

Police had gotten a call Sunday night about a woman screaming outside a motel.

The girl was treated at a hospital and then released to a relative.