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Mass Man Slipped Girlfriend Abortion Pill Disguised As Vitamins In Watertown: DA Mass Man Slipped Girlfriend Abortion Pill Disguised As Vitamins In Watertown: DA
Robert Kawada Of Brookline Facing Poisoning, Assault Charges A 43-year-old Brookline man is accused of giving his then-pregnant girlfriend an abortion pill but telling her it was a vitamin, causing her to have a miscarriage. authorities said Robert Kawada is charged with poisoning, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon on a pregnant person, and assault and battery on a household or family member, the Middlesex District Attorney said.  Watertown police believe Kawada gave the woman Misoprostol, a drug commonly used to end pregnancies. Planned Parenthood said the medication is 85 to 95 percent effective up to 11 weeks from conception. …

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Death By Antifreeze: Salisbury Woman Accused Of Poisoning Boyfriend Denied Bail Death By Antifreeze: Salisbury Woman Accused Of Poisoning Boyfriend Denied Bail
Death By Antifreeze: Salisbury Woman Accused Of Poisoning Boyfriend Denied Bail A 64-year-old Salisbury woman was ordered held without bail on Tuesday, March 28, in the poisoning death of her boyfriend, authorities said.  Judy Church is charged with first-degree murder after she allegedly slipped a lethal dose of ethylene glycol into his Powerade bottle belonging to her boyfriend, Leroy Fowler, 55, in November, the Essex County District Attorney said. Ethylene glycol is found in antifreeze.  Prosecutors argued that Church was a flight risk and needed to be held behind bars while awaiting her trial, and the judge agreed.  Related: Judy Church Charg…

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by Josh Lanier