Iowa duo served a family drug-laced lasagna to induce relative’s miscarriage, police say
35 year old man Iowa became the second person arrested and was accused of using drug-laced lasagna to induce a woman to miscarry.
Matthew Uthoff and Amber Snow, 36, both of Decorah, allegedly provided medicated lasagna to a family on Dec. 28, 2025. According to the sheriff’s office, the couple wanted to force a pregnant woman in the family to give birth. low.
Court documents accuse Uthoff and Snow of developing the plot together. Uthoff reportedly is Snow’s husband CBS 2 Iowa.
According to authorities, the family was not a random target. Snow shares custody of her child with a member of the victim’s family. The exact nature of Snow’s connection to this person has not been made public.
Investigators say Snow’s child was present when the drugged lasagna was prepared and eaten.
Matthew Uthoff, 35, of Decorah, Iowa, was arrested for allegedly helping his wife, Amber Snow, 36, spike oxycodone into lasagna and deliver it to a pregnant woman in hopes of causing her to miscarry (Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office)
A later analysis by the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation Crime Laboratory revealed that the food was laced with oxycodone.
Police records show that the woman targeted in the poisoning was not injured and the fetus survived.
Investigators allegedly found evidence of the conspiracy by examining text messages and internet search histories between Uthoff and Snow.
Amber Snow, 36, of Decorah, Iowa, allegedly tried to end another woman’s pregnancy by feeding her lasagna poisoned with oxycodone (Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office)
Uthoff and Snow face multiple charges related to the incident; These include class D felonies, such as attempting to terminate a human pregnancy without consent, child endangerment, and administering a substance harmful to an adult or a child.
Following his arrest, Uthoff was remanded to the Winneshiek County Jail on a $100,000 cash bond.
Snow’s trial will be held on April 7.
