Kentucky Police Arrest Amish Man for Wife's 9-Year-Old Murder After He Allegedly Confesses

Nine years after her death, the remains of a Missouri woman are being exhumed and her 39-year-old husband is being held in Kentucky on murder charges, PEOPLE confirms.

Court records obtained Wednesday reveal Samuel Borntreger allegedly confessed to his wife’s murder on Monday at the Barren County Sheriff’s Office in Glasgow, Kentucky.

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Authorities allege the Amish man told them he felt compelled to confess to poisoning his wife, Anna, who Missouri officials had determined died from liver disease.

The couple had lived in Missouri, where they had four children, police say.

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Borntreger allegedly told investigators that he inserted battery acid into his wife’s body and poisoned her beverages with anti-freeze.

He has been charged in Missouri with murder, and is being held in Kentucky on $250,000 bail as he awaits an impending extradition hearing.