ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A man admitted during a television interview to killing his parents and burying them in the backyard of their upstate New York home eight years ago, then was arrested as he left the studio.

The stunning on-camera confession from Lorenz Kraus, 53, came Thursday, a day after police say they recovered two bodies from the home in Albany as part of an investigation that found Kraus’ parents, Franz and Theresia Kraus, were still receiving Social Security payments despite not having been seen or heard from in years.

Lorenz Kraus, a 53-year-old man who was arrested for murder after telling a television news anchor that he killed his parents, is arraigned before Judge Joshua Farrell on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, at Albany City Court in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/The Albany Ti

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