A man has confessed on television to killing his parents and burying them in the garden of their home in upstate New York eight years ago. Lorenz Kraus, 53, was arrested immediately after leaving the studio following the shocking admission.

Kraus's on-camera confession aired Thursday, a day after police discovered two bodies at the Albany property. Investigators had launched an inquiry after it was revealed that Kraus’s parents, Franz and Theresia Kraus, were still receiving Social Security payments despite having not been seen in years.

During a half-hour interview with local outlet CBS6, Kraus described the deaths as mercy killings, claiming his elderly parents were in decline.

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