LARGO, Fla. — A man is facing murder charges after deputies found his parents shot to death inside their Largo home on June 6.
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO) said deputies found 53-year-old Elizabeth Lee Kirchner and 64-year-old Steven Eric Kirchner dead in the living room of their home from apparent gunshot wounds during a welfare check.
PCSO said the couple's son, 37-year-old Nicholas Kirchner, fled the scene before authorities arrived. He was later arrested in Georgia.
Detectives said Nicholas admitted multiple times to killing his parents, while calling it a “righteous kill.”
He is charged with two counts of premeditated first-degree murder. The investigation is ongoing.
Pasco County woman trying to rebuild mobile home after hurricanes
"I cried, of course, because I've worked very hard getting it nice, which has been difficult for me since I lost my husband and being alone,” Kelly Welty said.
Welty's mobile home lost its roof during Hurricane Milton. She said it was the only one in the Buena Vista community to get totaled by a tornado.
