A pregnant Texas woman miscarried after a man allegedly spiked her electrolyte drink with an abortion drug, according to court documents.
Jon Rueben Demeter, 25, was indicted on Thursday by a grand jury on an abortion and injury to child charge, prosecutors said.
An unnamed woman told deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office that on February 20, Demeter, the father of her child, offered her a bottle that contained a milky substance that he claimed was 'passion fruit liquid IV,' according to legal documents obtained by the Houston Chronicle.
While at his apartment that day, the woman - who was 14 weeks pregnant - noted that Demeter was 'insistent that she consume the entirety of the liquid,' which allegedly had a crushed up mifepristone pill in it, court papers said.
Around 1am the following day, the woman started to feel ill and rushed to the hospital, where she gave birth to a stillborn baby girl, named Presley Mae, the document detailed.
According to the mother, Demeter had tried to convince her on several occasions to get an abortion, and had even offered to pay $1,000 for her to travel out of state to do so, the court records detailed.
There is a near-total ban on abortions in the state of Texas, with only doctors allowed to do so if they believe it is medically necessary.
Because of this, Demeter had abortion pills shipped to him and slipped the medication into the woman's drink with the intention to cause the death of their child, investigators allege.
Jon Rueben Demeter, 25, is accused of spiking an electrolyte drink with abortion medication that his girlfriend consumed in February. She then suffered a miscarriage and gave birth to their daughter at 14 weeks pregnant
Demeter (far right) had abortion pills shipped to him and slipped the medication into the woman's drink with the intention to cause the death of their child, investigators alleged
Demeter was initially arrested on February 24 on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge, but the grand jury's indictment now replaces that charge, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.
The two latest charges each carry a punishment of five years to life behind bars.
Demeter was initially arrested on February 24 on an aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge, but the grand jury's indictment now replaces that charge
A search warrant was issued on Monday to seize Demeter's gaming console, laptop and cell phone.
During a search of his home, investigators discovered white powder residue inside a glass bowl, as well as evidence of a crushed white pill, the warrant showed, according to KPRC 2 News.
Shortly after Demeter's arrest, his mother, Refugia 'Cookie' Demeter, revealed her son is a father to a three-year-old and 15-month-old.
It is unclear if he shares those children with the woman he is accused of administering the pills to.
When asked by a reporter to comment on the investigation into her son, Refugia told WKRN News 2: 'You don't know the other side of the story,' but refused to say what that was.
'I'm not telling you the other side of the story, no. But God knows it, and that's the important part,' his mother added.
Demeter remains in custody for the first-degree felonies, which, if convicted, could see him jailed for five years to live in prison for each
Her son remains in custody for the first-degree felonies, according to court records.
The Daily Mail contacted his attorney, Aaron N. Holt, for comment.
The topic of mail-delivered abortion medication has been controversial across the US, with the Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that patients can, for the time being, obtain the pills by mail.
That comes after the state of Louisiana sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2025 to stop the delivery and prescription of the abortion pill known as mifepristone.
Two justices, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. objected the decision. The justices who approved did not explain why they chose to rule that way.