DECORAH, Iowa —A Decorah woman has been arrested after investigators concluded that she laced lasagna with an opioid to induce the miscarriage of a fetus being carried by another woman. Amber Dena Snow, 36, was charged with:
> Delivering a controlled substance.
> Intentionally terminating a pregnancy without consent.
The investigation began in January when Winneshiek County sheriff’s office was contacted, according to the criminal complaint. An online search history linked Snow and a second woman to the miscarriage. The other woman is not named in the complaint, but more charges and arrests are expected. The complaint is specific that a family-size pan of lasagna was delivered to the pregnant woman’s family on December 28 without the woman’s knowledge of the presence of the potent pain-killer oxycodone. The break in the case appears to have been a juvenile who was reportedly was aware of poisoning scheme and opposed. Although the complaint is silent on the connection of individuals in the case, the Des Moines Regster reorted that Snow shares custody of her juvenile child with an individual related to the pregnant victim to whom the lasagna was delivered.
Snow. Bail at $100,000.