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The woman is facing a felony charge, Missouri authorities say.
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A woman is charged with a felony after officials say she gave a cooler with a fetus inside to a man and told him the child was his, according to Missouri authorities.
Makayla Haedt, who is in her late 20s, messaged the man on Sept. 17, telling him she had miscarried, the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office said, according to a probable cause affidavit filed Oct. 8. The message came about two months after she told him she was pregnant, but the man told deputies Haedt is a “habitual liar,” so he didn’t believe her, investigators said.
No attorney information was available for the woman as of Oct. 12.
They had been friends for years but the man said they “ never dated” and their relationship “was more of a fling,” documents read.
After she sent the message, Haedt picked up the man at his Waynesville home and they ran some errands together, deputies said. They returned to the home, and at about 8:30 p.m. Haedt handed the man a red and white cooler, sealed with green tape, and told him “here’s your kid,” the affidavit read. Then she left.
The man told deputies she was calm when giving him the cooler, so he thought she was playing a cruel joke, but he was still afraid to open the container.
He sat next to the cooler deciding what to do, then contacted friends and family for help, deputies said. About an hour later, a friend came over and they opened the cooler, saw there was a fetus inside and called the sheriff’s office, the affidavit read.
The man was tearful as he spoke to deputies and said he was shocked Haedt would do something like this, investigators said. A deputy confirmed there was a fetus in the cooler.
Haedt caused “emotional distress” and is charged with first-degree harassment, which is a felony in Missouri, according to officials.
Waynesville is a roughly 130-mile drive southwest from St. Louis.
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