Member of cultlike Zizians group charged with murder of her parents

Michelle Zajko, a member of the group known as Zizians, has been charged with murder, burglary, and conspiracy in the 2022 deaths of her parents, Rita and Richard Zajko, in Pennsylvania. The Delaware County District Attorney stated that Zajko, who has been jailed in Maryland on other charges since February 2025, did not act alone. Her parents were shot and killed in their home on New Year's Eve. Zajko has previously denied involvement and suggested her father may have been responsible. Authorities have linked the Zizians group to multiple deaths since 2022, including a border agent and a landlord. Zajko is also charged with providing the gun used in the border agent's death.

Michelle Zajko, a member of the group known as Zizians, has been charged with murder, burglary, and conspiracy in the shooting deaths of her parents, Rita and Richard Zajko, at their Pennsylvania home on December 31, 2022. Authorities believe Zajko was involved in the killings and did not act alone. Zajko has been jailed in Maryland on other charges since February 2025. The Zizians group has been linked to several deaths across the U.S. Zajko has denied involvement and previously suggested her father might have killed her mother and then himself. The couple was killed on New Year's Eve, hours after Rita Zajko texted her daughter in an attempt to reconcile, a message that went unanswered.