locked phone problems

i have a dare in my possesion that belongs to a friend of mine, it was his son's phone(the friend is in his 50's) and his son just got incarcerated for 23 months. he wants me to sell the phone on ebay or however, we cancelled the contract got the etf waived due to his incarceration, and vzw allowed it due to his incarceration being a direct result of addiction which is considered a disease that is terminal. so now we have this dare that is locked with the 4 digit code. i have tried every hidden menu that there is i think lol. and googled it and now joined this forum to see if we could get help. if you dont beleive me ill give you the esn and you can check it yourself and ill show you his picture online on the prison's website . were just trying to unlock this to clear it to possibably give it to his nephew or to sell it on ebay. he was into heroin so we dont want the little nephew seeing what texts are on here. i was able to look at the texts and save them via bit pim or however its spelled. but any help would be greatly appreceated. and i know i can take it to a store but thats just not in my schedule for a while. thanks

I am locking this thread.  You will have to take the phone into a Store to have done whatever you want done.  With the options available to you, this forum cannot and will not be involved in the conversion of someone elses personal property so that it can be sold.