According to the police, teenagers accused of the death of their grandparents had pages of notes explaining how he planned to kill them

April 17, 2019, 01:12 GMT

By Associated press

APPLETON, Wisconsin – A 17-year-old man wrote pages about how he planned to kill his grandparents, and law enforcement officials found these notes with a book about a hangman in the bag. Teenager back after calling 911 and confessed to the murders, Wisconsin prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Alexander M. Kraus was indicted on Tuesday in Outagamie County Borough Court in Appleton, Wisconsin, for first-degree murder, in the death of Dennis Kraus, 74, and Letha Kraus, 73 years old. Each charge is punishable by life imprisonment.

Brian Figy, Commissioner of Outagamie County Court, ordered Kraus to hold a $ 2 million bail. Greg Petit, Kraus' lawyer, declined to comment on Tuesday, telling The Associated Press that after the hearing, he "did not know enough" about the ## 147 ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 39; case.

Police found the bodies Sunday at their home in Grand Chute, a small town located about 110 km northwest of Milwaukee, after a man called police and said he needed to be arrested , according to a criminal complaint.

An autopsy revealed that Dennis Kraus had been shot in the head and Letha Kraus had been shot twice in the head and one in the right forearm.

There were "several pages" in a red folder explaining how Kraus would kill his grandparents, investigators said in the complaint, which provided no grounds for the shooting. The complaint mentioned a book found in Kraus's camouflaged backpack on a hangman, but did not provide any details.

Police said Kraus had also told investigators that he was considering causing unspecified wrongs at Neenah High School, where he was junior. No details about the nature of this plot have been revealed and it was not mentioned in the complaint published on Tuesday. The school district said the police determined that there was no danger to students or teachers.

Messages left at a number listed for the home address of Kraus in Neenah were not immediately returned on Tuesday.

Kraus told the detectives that he had shot his grandfather in the head, and then "tried to shoot his grandmother to the head," according to the complaint. Police said Letha Kraus 'body was found lying on Dennis Kraus' body in the kitchen of the house.

Officers found a shotgun with a knife attached to the end of the barrel and a knife sheath on the bed of a room on the ground floor. A search of a room on the upper floor revealed a shotgun on the bed with two gun cases and ammunition, a "large quantity of miscellaneous ammunition" on the floor and several other weapons in a room. gun cabinet, said the complaint.

Kraus told the police that he had stayed with his grandparents the night before the murder.

Wisconsin is one of six states that treat 17-year-olds as adults in the criminal justice system. Democratic governor Tony Evers included in his budget provisions for the removal of 17-year-olds to a juvenile court.