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An Iowa woman is facing serious charges after allegedly delivering a lasagna laced with drugs to a family, intending to end a woman’s pregnancy.
Amber Snow has been charged with multiple offenses, including delivering a controlled substance and attempting to terminate a pregnancy without consent. She also faces several counts of administering a harmful substance. These charges stem from an incident in January 2026, as detailed by the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office in a statement to Oxygen.
The investigation was launched when authorities received a report about a “family-size pan of lasagna” allegedly containing a controlled substance.
The lasagna was analyzed by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Criminalistics Laboratory, which confirmed it was tainted with oxycodone, a Schedule II narcotic and controlled substance, according to officials.
Following an extensive investigation, the sheriff’s office concluded that Snow, along with an unnamed accomplice, allegedly spiked the lasagna and delivered it to the family on December 28.
“During the investigation, it was determined that delivery of the tainted lasagna was intended to cause a miscarriage to a pregnancy of a woman in the family that received the lasagna,” the sheriff’s office said. “The pregnant woman had no knowledge or consent of this.”
Investigators also discovered electronic communications and search history linked to the accounts and phones of Snow and her alleged accomplice, occurring both before and after the food delivery, that helped them build their case, authorities said.
Snow shares a minor child with members of the pregnant woman’s family, according to court documents obtained by KGAN. The child was allegedly aware of the plan to taint the food to cause harm to the victim and had objected to it, authorities said.
Snow was arrested on March 10 and transferred to the Winneshiek County Jail, where she’s being held on a $100,000 cash bond. It’s unclear whether she has obtained an attorney.
According to the sheriff’s office, “This case remains under investigation and with additional charges and arrests imminent.”
The investigation also included assistance from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Decorah Police Department, and the Winneshiek County Attorney’s Office.