Zizian cult tie lands Pennsylvania woman in murder charges for parents' killings

Michelle Zajko, 33, linked to the Zizians cult, was charged with murder, burglary and conspiracy in the 2022 killings of her parents in Chester Heights, Pa., allegedly arranging the murders on her 30th birthday and being in the home when the shootings occurred. Prosecutors say cellphone data, ballistic evidence and doorbell camera footage, plus shell casings matched to ammunition tied to her Vermont property, point to her planning the crime with unknown co-conspirators. Zajko denies involvement, and authorities say she may have supplied the firearm used in a 2025 killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent as part of related Zizian-linked cases.