Overview

• Michelle Zajko, linked to the Zizian group, denied involvement in her parents' execution-style murders in a public statement released on April 15, 2025.
• Rita and Richard Zajko were found shot in the head in their Chester Heights, Pennsylvania home on December 31, 2022; Michelle Zajko remains a person of interest but has not been charged in their deaths.
• Federal authorities allege Zajko provided firearms used in a Vermont shooting that left a U.S. Border Patrol agent dead in January 2025.
• Zajko, currently held in Maryland on trespassing and firearm charges, alleges mistreatment in custody, including denial of medical care and unsanitary conditions.
• The Zizian group, described as a Rationalist offshoot, has been linked to multiple violent incidents, though Zajko disputes claims of extremist affiliations and calls media portrayals false.