WISCONSIN: After skipping out on a $750,000 cash bond almost a decade ago, Manishkumar M Patel returned to Outagamie County and now faces a staggering $50 million figure set by County Court Commissioner Brian Figy. Patel is accused of spiking his girlfriend's drink with an abortion-inducing drug, and faces charges of attempted homicide, second-degree recklessly endangering safety, placing foreign objects in edibles, possession with intent to deliver prescription drugs, stalking, burglary, possession of burglary tools, and two counts of violating a harassment restraining order.
He also faces a felony bail jumping charge in subsequent case. The 43 year old was transferred from federal custody to the custody of the state of New York, on May 16, and then transferred to the Outagamie County Jail on Monday. Outagamie County Sheriff's Staff Sgt Ryan Carpenter said, “They're very serious charges and it's something that he needs to be held accountable for.” US Border Patrol stopped a vehicle in Malone, NY, only to find Patel inside with a fraudulent passport, he said.
Patel's girlfriend said that shortly before her miscarriage in September 2007, she and Patel had gone to dinner and then got dessert. While she stayed in the car, Patel went into the store where she saw him split her smoothie into two cups then stir “frantically”. She didn't drink the smoothie when he returned to the vehicle, telling him her stomach was upset. She got a sample tested by a California lab, and had a miscarriage meanwhile. Lab results showed the sample tested positive for Mifepristone, or the 'abortion pill'.
On being questioned by officers, the accused said he was confident he was the father of the child she miscarried and that he “didn't need more babies”. He admitted to contacting a person he knew in India, regarding a “way to end a pregnancy”, and the person suggested this pill. He had the pills shipped to him.
