Pregnant Woman Served Drug-Laced Lasagna in Alleged Miscarriage Plot; Iowa Woman Charged

A woman in Iowa who is accused of dosing a family-sized tray of lasagna with the intention of causing a miscarriage was arrested. She had delivered the tray along with some controlled substances to the family of a pregnant woman.

A 36-year-old woman, Amber Dena Snow, who allegedly tried to drug a pregnant woman to cause a miscarriage, was arrested by police. She had delivered a family-sized tray of lasagna dosed with certain controlled substances, authorities said intending the substance to induce a miscarriage.

Snow was charged with two counts of administering a harmful substance to a juvenile, as well as one count each of attempted nonconsensual termination of pregnancy and controlled substance violation, all felonies, according to court records.

According to a news release from the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office, deputies in January 2026 responded to a report regarding “a family-sized pan of lasagna that had allegedly been laced with a controlled substance.” Sheriff's detectives, with assistance from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Decorah Police Department, and the Winneshiek County Attorney’s Office, opened an investigation into the claim.

Authorities obtained and executed several warrants in connection with the investigation, according to the sheriff’s office. The investigation allegedly revealed that Snow and another woman, who has not been named, were a co-conspirators who laced the lasagna with a controlled substance. Both women were detained and brought in for questioning, authorities said, and investigators later unraveled the plan authorities had.

“The investigation identified electronic communications and search history on the defendants' accounts and phones from before and after the lasagna was prepared and delivered to another family in December 2025," the sheriff's office said.

“During the investigation, it was determined that the tainted lasagna was intended to cause miscarriage to a pregnant woman in the family that received it.”

Snow’s alleged co-conspirator has not been charged, authorities said. Police noted that the pregnant victim did not know what was allegedly in the lasagna and did not consent to the controlled substance being included.

The lasagna was sent to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigations Criminalistics Laboratory for testing, where oxycontin was confirmed in the test results. The Des Moines Register reported that Snow shared custody of her juvenile child with an individual related to the pregnant woman. The juvenile was reportedly aware of Snow’s plan to give the drug-laced lasagna to the pregnant victim and was opposed to the scheme.

Based on the collected evidence, Snow was taken into custody on March 10, and processed at the Winneshiek County Jail. Snow is currently being held in custody on a $100,000 cash-only bond.