Man accused of giving ex-girlfriend abortion pills disguised as vitamins and inducing a miscarriage

by Watertown Police DepartmentRobert Kawada, 43, was charged Tuesday with murder by poisoning, assault with a dangerous weapon on a pregnant woman and domestic or family assault for allegedly giving his ex-girlfriend abortion pills to try to end her pregnancy.

“Preliminary investigations indicate that Kawada and the victim were in a relationship and that the victim became pregnant,” authorities said in a press release. “Kawada allegedly secretly gave the victim medication under the guise of administering iron and vitamin supplements, when in fact the medication was intended to terminate the pregnancy. After the victim was administered the medication, one of which appears to have been misoprostol, the victim suffered a miscarriage.”

Misoprostol and Mifepristone The two drugs used to describe the abortion pill, aka drug abortion, are: Planned ParenthoodThe prescription drugs are usually taken together, but misoprostol can also be used on its own.

According to a Watertown Police Department investigative report obtained by Boston’s NBC affiliate: WorldwideThe woman told authorities she met Kawada on a dating app and after several dates they engaged in consensual unprotected sex.

According to the documents, Kawada ended his relationship with the unidentified woman in March, but later discovered she was pregnant with Kawada’s child. After she confided in Kawada, the two met multiple times over the next six weeks.

The indictment states that when the woman met with Kawada, she was given pills he claimed were iron supplements or vitamins, but investigators later discovered they were misoprostol. Police say Kawada also gave the woman some homemade raspberry leaf cookies.

Raspberry Leaf Tea It has been thought to induce labour and shorten its duration, but as the agency explained in a written statement, it is “considered to be potentially dangerous during the first trimester as it may cause miscarriage.”

Kawada also allegedly reassured the woman by telling her that his father was an obstetrician-gynecologist and that his ex-wife had been pregnant before.

During their final meeting, Kawada accused the woman of lying about taking iron supplements and claimed the pregnancy was engineered by her, according to documents. During their final meeting, Kawada told the woman that her mother had recently died as a result of the pregnancy because she wanted to have an abortion, according to police. Investigators wrote that Kawada also wanted to have an abortion, but suggested the woman wanted to keep the baby and raise it herself.

On the day of her miscarriage, the woman allegedly received a call from someone claiming to be a nurse encouraging her to take iron supplements. Police documents state that after Kawada told her he had the medication the woman needed, the fake nurse called again and told her to take two more pills.

According to charging documents, that evening the woman began experiencing severe abdominal pain and bloody stool and called the person she thought was the nurse she had spoken to earlier that day, only to discover that the individual was not the actual nurse she claimed to be.

According to authorities, the woman then contacted her family, who contacted police the following day, May 2. The woman allegedly handed over one of the pills she had kept to authorities and provided information about Kawada.

WBTS reported that the documents state that a doctor at the hospital told the woman she had a miscarriage. Authorities said Kawada told police he gave his boyfriend “vitamin C and iron supplements that he ordered from Amazon.”

But investigators said Kawada’s phone showed he called a pharmacy selling misoprostol after the first ultrasound. Kawada’s phone records also showed him speaking with a fake nurse and searching phrases such as “misoprostol dissolve,” “9 week abortion fetus photo” and “no response to misoprostol,” according to the documents.

Kawada was arrested last Friday and appeared in Watertown District Court on Tuesday to be arraigned. He pleaded not guilty. Kawada’s bail was set at $100,000.

“We look forward to a full and thorough investigation and a fair trial in front of a jury,” Kawata’s lawyer, Dmitry Lev, told WBTS.