Monday, December 16, 2024 - A man identified as Karl Groschen, 41, is facing murder charges for the shooting deaths of his wife Anastasia Akutsina-Groschen, 44, and stepson Sergei Scoggins, 20.
A grand jury also hit him with a child abuse charge.
Now, newly released bodycam footage shows the moment he
calmly told police he killed them as his five-year-old son looked on.
"You've gotta arrest me," Groschen says in the
footage shared by Las Vegas CBS affiliate KLAS.
He appeared to be carrying a beverage can and two
prescription drug bottles in his hands as he approached the responding officers
with his five-year-old son trailing uncertainly behind him.
While the news outlet didn't show the entire video, they did
show several pieces of it, including the moment the officer approached Groschen
on October 11 outside of his home and asked, "What's going on?"
"There's two dead bodies," Groschen replied
calmly.
When asked who the dead bodies belong to, Groschen says, "My wife and stepson."
He clarifies for the police that his stepson is in the
laundry room, while his wife is in the car parked inside the garage.
He also suggests the shootings were self-defense.
"You’ve got to take me," he says to the officers
as they handcuff him, "I thought they were trying to kill me."
A neighbor told police she overheard an argument between
Groschen and his stepson, with Groschen allegedly shouting at one point for
Scoggins to "get the [expletive] out of here," according to charging
documents seen by KLAS.
The witness detailed seeing Groschen push Scoggins outside
toward his car. Just a few seconds later, they told police they heard a gunshot
from the direction of the garage and what she thought was screaming before
seeing Scoggins run back into the home. They then reported hearing several more
gunshots before silence.
Prosecutors and police believe all three individuals were
arguing in the garage before Groschen pushed Scoggins outside.
When police entered the garage, they said they found a
handgun sitting in plain view, and the body of Akutsina-Groschen in the
driver's seat of the couple's vehicle. Scoggins' body was found in the laundry
room, as Groschen had said.
In court for a brief arraignment in October, when asked if
he understood the charges, the defendant replied, "I think so,"
according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Groschen's public defender has requested a competency hearing to see if he is competent to stand trial. He did not enter a plea.
His five-year-old son seen in police bodycam footage was
picked up by Child Protective Services. Police have stated they've found no
evidence to support Groschen's claim that the victims were trying to kill him.
The ex-husband and father of the victims, Andy Scoggins,
called Groschen a "coward" after the shooting, telling
the Review-Journal, "If he wanted to harm somebody, why didn't he
harm himself?"
He said of his ex-wife, "She was at one time the light
of my life. She gave me the best gift anyone could ever give anybody, which was
my son."
The father also shared that he believed his son went back
into the house in an attempt to protect his mother.
"My son would never leave his mother or his little brother
inside with that monster Karl."
Watch video below.
A little boy looked on as his father, Karl Groschen, 41, confessed to murdering the boy's mother and half-brother in their Nevada home
— True Crime Updates (@TrueCrimeUpdat) December 13, 2024
In newly released bodycam footage, Groschen told officers, "You've gotta arrest me," while his five-year-old son stood beside him. The incident… pic.twitter.com/w87s8uFoLr
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