FROM NY POST: A deranged Albany man who made a chilling on-air confession to killing his elderly parents and burying them in his backyard is now facing charges for the heinous crimes.
Lorenz Kraus, 53, pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and two counts of concealment of a human corpse for the slaughter of his parents, Franz and Theresia Kraus — who disappeared without a trace eight years ago — during a court appearance Friday.
Kraus, who was a motormouth during a jaw-dropping exclusive interview with CBS6 on Thursday, was tight-lipped during the hearing.
The interview came about after Kraus emailed a two-page statement to news outlets that contained his phone number, explained Stone Grissom, the TV station’s news director.
Kraus called the deaths mercy killings, as His mother had been injured crossing a road, and his father was unable to drive after cataract surgery.
“You suffocated them? You suffocated your parents,” CBS6’s Greg Floyd asked during the interview.
“Yeah, basically,” Kraus said. “My father, after he died, my mother put his head on his chest, and after a few hours, I finished her.”
According to the report, Kraus detailed that he choked his father with his hand and strangled his mother with a rope.
“I was thinking that I was on a mission to find the truth of what happened,” Floyd told The Associated Press. “I did not prepare for this because it was thrust upon us with virtually no notice, and I think that worked out in an advantageous way because I didn’t go in with a set of predetermined questions.
“I just followed the script that he laid out. I followed what he was saying and reacted to that.”
After the interview was over, Kraus left the CBS6 building and was immediately arrested.
In an interview after his arrest, Kraus told Floyd, “I’m glad that people know about my statement, that’s important to me.”
“My father lay back and was readied, he knew,” Kraus said. “There’s a legal defense, and there’s a political defense. The most important law in this country is the New York Ratification Law.”
He was “possibly citing the Ratification of the Constitution by the State of New York in 1788,” according to the Post.
“You can do your duty to your parents as they give you feedback, information, etc. It’s not a decision of God, it’s a matter of what life you are trying to give your parents,” Kraus said.
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