Illinois Murder Suspect Charged With Attempted Kidnapping

A southern Illinois prosecutor has charged a doctor accused of killing his estranged wife with trying to pay to have the prosecutor kidnapped.

Saline County State's Attorney Mike Henshaw on Wednesday announced the charges against Brian T. Burns, who was charged with murder in March and accused of burning his wife's body and spreading the ashes to try to cover it up.

Henshaw said Burns called an undercover detective Sept. 13 and agreed to pay him $1,000 to kidnap Henshaw.

Burns' additional charges are solicitation, conspiracy to commit aggravated kidnapping and attempt of aggravated kidnapping. He faces up to 60 years in prison if convicted of these felonies.

Burns is being held in the Saline County Jail on a $2 million cash bond.

It wasn't immediately clear if Burns has an attorney.

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