Man Laced Girlfriend's Pancake With Abortion Medicine, Charged With First-Degree Murder
A man who allegedly laced his pregnant girlfriend's pancake with an abortive agent has been charged with first-degree murder in Kansas. Scott Bollig was charged after his girlfriend miscarried the fetus in late January.
"Bollig did, then and there, unlawfully, feloniously and intentionally commit an overt act, to wit: putting a crushed form of a medication used to terminate an intrauterine pregnancy on food," court documents state.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys were rather tight-lipped about the case, saying that only the information in the criminal complaint would be released at this time. Bollig's girlfriend, Naomi Abbott, was between eight and 10 weeks pregnant at the time, and Bollig successfully caused a miscarriage after administering the abortive drug to Abbott without her knowledge.
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Bollig has been charged with one count of murder in the first degree as well as one count of felony aggravated battery for the "great bodily harm" to Abbott, and one count of misdemeanor distribution of adulterated food.
Bollig was already incarcerated in Ellis County Jail when the charges were brought against him. Trego County officials went and retrieved Bollig to their precinct, where he bonded out of jail. He was released from custody on Tuesday evening, and a preliminary hearing date has not been set yet.
This is not the first case of someone using an abortive on an unknowing woman. In May, John Andrew Welden tricked his girlfriend, Remee Jo Lee, into taking an abortive medication instead of the antibiotic she thought she was taking. Welden was charged with first-degree murder but pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
"Memphis was six weeks and five days old," Lee told the court at Welden's sentencing in January. "I don't get to know the exact date when he would be born and if he was really destined to be a boy. I don't get to know any of those fun things. This is all I have left … a photo of him. This is it. This is all. And it's just not enough for me. I know he wouldn't want me to be so upset because he's with his father, his heavenly father."
Welden was sentenced to 13 years and eight months on charges of product tampering and conspiracy to commit mail fraud.
