Member of Zizians ‘cult’ group charged with murdering her parents

Michelle Zajko, who is associated with a cultlike group known as Zizians that is linked to several deaths across the US, is escorted into court (Picture: AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)

A member of the ‘cult’ group known as Zizians has been charged with murdering her parents.

Michelle Zajko, 33, is facing trial over the killings of Rita and Richard Zajko, who were shot dead at their Pennsylvania home on her 30th birthday on New Year’s Eve 2022.

Their bodies were found in Zajko’s childhood playroom surrounded by her old dolls and toys.

Prosecutors said they are ‘very certain that Michelle Zajko was in the home and arranged for the death of her parents’, but do not believe she acted alone.

Zajko denies charges of murder, burglary and conspiracy, and suggested in court findings that her fat...