The OpenRoad staff announced Wednesday that Mr. McConnell struggled with health problems after a stroke in 2023. His coworkers at OpenRoad described him as a human golden retriever in their tribute on social media. He made friends wherever he went, the staff said. He was the best road trip companion you could have, the biggest optimist we ever met, a human GPS with a steel trap memory, friendly to a fault, knowledgeable about most any subject, and filled the world with enthusiastic positivity.
Floyd didn't hesitate to ask the man - 53-year-old Lorenz Kraus - what he knew his viewers wanted to know: Did he kill his parents, whose bodies had been discovered in the backyard of their home? Just two minutes after the cameras started rolling, after Kraus had described his aging parents' deteriorating health, Floyd asked him: "Did you kill your parents as a mercy killing, to put them out of their misery?"