Overview

• Lorenz Kraus, 53, was charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of concealing a human corpse, pleaded not guilty, and was remanded to the Albany County Jail with a court date set for October 1.
• Investigators unearthed two sets of human remains at the family’s Crestwood Court property; authorities say they are likely Franz and Theresia Kraus but are awaiting forensic confirmation and cause-of-death findings.
• Kraus contacted WRGB/CBS6 to give an interview in which he admitted killing and burying his parents, and he was arrested immediately after leaving the station.
• The case grew out of a multi-agency inquiry requested by the Social Security Administration into continued benefits payments and potential financial crimes tied to the couple’s disappearance.
• Court filings allege the killings occurred in 2017 by strangulation at the home, and the defense plans to examine whether the TV interview involved police conduct that could affect its admissibility.