Overview
- Delaware County prosecutors filed first‑degree murder, conspiracy, burglary and related charges against Michelle Zajko in the deaths of her parents, Richard and Rita Zajko.
- Prosecutors said on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, that investigators assembled years of evidence including enhanced doorbell audio, ballistics linking shell casings to ammunition tied to Zajko’s Vermont property, cellphone records, texts and documents.
- The district attorney said Zajko did not act alone but that the other person or people seen on surveillance footage have not yet been identified and remain targets of a continuing multi‑jurisdictional probe.
- Zajko has denied killing her parents and is already jailed in Maryland on separate trespass and weapons charges; preliminary proceedings in Pennsylvania are pending while federal and state investigators pursue related cases.
- The charges deepen scrutiny of the loosely organized Zizians, a group of former tech and rationalist associates linked by authorities to multiple violent incidents and at least six deaths across several states, complicating evidence sharing and future prosecutions.