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 Times Union via AP)

A man in upstate New York stunned viewers during a live television interview when he admitted to killing his elderly parents and burying them in the backyard of their Albany home eight years ago. Moments after walking out of the studio, police arrested 53-year-old Lorenz Kraus and charged him with two counts of murder.

According to a report in the Associated Press , authorities said the confession came a day after investigators unearthed two bodies at the home as part of a fraud inquiry into Social Security paymen

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