A Goshen man pled guilty, but mentally ill for the stabbing death of a car dealer during a test drive. 23-year-old Samuel Byfield will be sentenced next month for the death of 73-year-old Wayne Bontrager. It happened in February of 2022 when Bontrager was stabbed multiple times. He died more than three weeks later. Bontrager and Byfield were on a test drive in a vehicle from Bontrager's used car lot. Police say after the stabbing near Goshen, Byfield drove to an area just west of Middlebury where he ran off before being captured.
Goshen man pleads guilty, but mentally ill for stabbing death

Elkhart County Jail