By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-06-24 21:51:12 | Updated at 2026-06-24 22:38:53
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A member of the Zizians — the vegan transgender death cult linked to six killings — has been charged with executing her parents in their $1 million Pennsylvania home — and she didn’t act alone, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Michelle Zajko, 32, became the fifth Zizian to be charged with murder when prosecutors blamed her for the deaths of Richard Zajko, 71, and Rita Zajko, 68, authorities announced in a news conference relayed by NBC 10.
Prosecutors believe Zajko worked with others to shoot her parents to death in their home in Delaware County in 2022.
“She did not act alone. At this time, we do not know who her co-conspirators were,” Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse told reporters.
Federal agents had already arrested Zajko for allegedly supplying the guns that fellow Zizians used to kill border patrol agent David Maland in Vermont in January 2025.
“We can say beyond any doubt, that Michelle was at least responsible for the death of her parents,” Rouse said.
Rouse claimed Zajko killed her parents shortly after she fell in with the radical, anti-AI cult led by a modern-day Charles Manson tied to a murder spree across three states.
Federal authorities believe Zajko purchased guns for cult members Teresa Youngblut and Ophelia “Felix” Baukholt,” which were used to kill agent Maland, 44, in shootout.
The Zizians were founded by Jack “Ziz” LaSota, a trans, 34-year-old blogger and computer engineer from Berkeley whose band of “vegan anarchotranshumanists” seeks to protect the world from AI.
LaSota is in jail in Maryland on various trespassing, gun and drug charges.
Five of their followers are now awaiting trial for murder, including three members involved in the death of Curtis Lind, a California man killed after trying to evict Zizian squatters from his property.
Richard and Rita Zajko were murdered on Michelle’s birthday; prosecutors claimed they had tried to mend fences with their daughter before she ambushed at their house on December 31, 2022, NBC 10 reported.
Zajko has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
