Overview

• Lorenz Kraus, 53, was arrested after a WRGB/CBS6 interview in which he said he killed and buried his parents in 2017.
• He was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of concealment of a human corpse.
• A public defender entered a not guilty plea on Friday in Albany City Court, and Kraus was ordered held without bail.
• Detectives had recovered two sets of remains a day before the interview during a welfare and financial-crimes investigation into continued benefit payments that police say Kraus was collecting.
• In the interview, Kraus described the deaths as mercy killings and detailed methods of suffocation, while his defense has signaled plans to challenge the admissibility of the televised statements.