Member of cultlike Zizians group charged with murder of her parents
Summary
Michelle Zajko, a member of a group called the Zizians, has been charged with murder and other crimes related to the deaths of her parents in Pennsylvania in 2022. The Zizians, a group linked to several violent incidents, are under investigation for multiple killings across the U.S.Key Facts
- Michelle Zajko is charged with murder, burglary, and conspiracy in the deaths of her parents, Rita and Richard Zajko.
- The couple was shot on New Year’s Eve 2022 in their home in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania.
- Police have video evidence of a car arriving at the scene and distressing voices recorded on a neighbor’s doorbell camera.
- Michelle Zajko denies killing her parents and suggested her father might have killed her mother and then himself.
- The Zizians are a group of mostly young computer scientists with beliefs focused on veganism, animal rights, gender identity, and artificial intelligence.
- The group has been linked to at least six deaths, including attacks in California, Pennsylvania, and a shootout in Vermont.
- Michelle Zajko is also charged with supplying the gun used to kill a U.S. border patrol agent in 2025.
- Other members arrested with Zajko face state and federal charges related to illegal guns, drugs, trespassing, and interfering with investigations.
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