Overview

• He admitted in a 30‑minute WRGB/CBS6 interview that he suffocated Franz and Theresia Kraus and buried them on their property.
• He was arrested after leaving the TV studio and charged with two counts of murder and two counts of concealment of a human corpse.
• A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf during a brief appearance in Albany City Court on Friday.
• He described the deaths as mercy killings that occurred "sometime August 2017," citing his parents’ declining health.
• Police say the investigation began over continued Social Security payments and that he had been collecting his parents’ benefits for personal use.