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Lorenz Kraus: New York man arrested after admitting in TV interview he killed his parents
Lorenz Kraus confessed to suffocating his elderly parents in 2017, claiming mercy motives; he faces two second-degree murder charges and two concealment counts.
- On Thursday, September 26, 2025, Lorenz Kraus confessed on live WRGB‑TV during a roughly 30-minute interview, then was arrested outside the Albany, New York studio moments later.
- A Social Security Administration welfare check in May 2025 and a later search warrant for financial crimes prompted scrutiny after Franz and Theresia Kraus had not been seen publicly since around 2017.
- He said he suffocated Franz Kraus, then strangled Theresia Kraus and waited two to three days before burying them in the backyard of the family home in Albany.
- At arraignment in Albany City Court, Kraus pleaded not guilty to two murder and two concealment charges, with defense raising admissibility concerns about his televised confession.
- Kraus framed his actions as 'mercy killings', saying 'I did my duty to my parents,' and his 2020 Democratic presidential primary ballot in New Hampshire appearance added national attention.
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Lorenz Kraus, 53, pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of concealment of a human corpse for the killings of his parents, Franz and Theresia Kraus — who disappeared without a trace in 2017 — during a court appearance Friday.
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A 53-year-old American confessed in the middle of an interview to have killed his parents. He claims that he "does his duty" as a son, and describes them as a loss of autonomy. The police arrested him and charged him with murder. - United States: a man confesses the murder of his parents in the middle of an interview (Police, justice and other facts).
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