A Kentucky Amish minister is facing murder charges after confessing that he poisoned his wife back in 2006.
Samuel Borntreger made his confession to authorities in Barren County this week.
He told investigators he poisoned Anna Borntreger while they lived in Missouri.
She was buried there and now she is being dug up.
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The Sheriff in Harrison County Missouri learned about the confession Sunday.
Borntreger, 39, admitted to giving his wife antifreeze in her drinks and putting battery acid in her body between November and December of 2006.
“I was overcome with emotion to think that you would do that to somebody,” said Harrison County, MO Sheriff Josh Eckerson.
He had been a well-known cabinet maker through the year and made the cabinets in the Harrison County Courthouse.
He is from Kentucky and after his wife’s death moved back to Metcalfe where he became a minister just before the confession.
“He just wanted to clear the air and let everybody know what was hiding in his closet,” said Eckerson.
Authorities plan to transport Anna Borntreger’s body to Kansas City to test for chemicals.
Samuel Borntreger remains in the Barren County Jail right now. His first degree murder charges are in Missouri, he is set to appear in court there for an arraignment Wednesday, January 20.
