Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, with sleeping pills before beating her 71-year-old mother Lois McCullough and stabbing her to death in Chelmsford.

Calm Virginia McCullough confessed in detail of how she carried out the murders of both her dad John and her mum Lois, who were both in their 70s, before living with their corpses for four years

When she was arrested said Virginia McCullough 'I did know that this would kind of come eventually. It's proper that I serve my punishment'

Virginia McCullough, 36, poisoned her father John McCullough, 70, then stabbed her 71-year-old mother Lois McCullough through the chest before hiding them both in their house in Chelmsford.

Virginia McCullough will spend at least 36 years behind bars for the double murder

Virginia McCullough poisoned her father before brutally stabbing her mother - and then lied about it for years. She isn't the only adult to be convicted of killing a parent

Virginia McCullough killed her parents then lived alongside their bodies for four years while she spent their money

A woman who murdered her parents then lived alongside their bodies for four years while lying about their whereabouts is to be sentenced on Friday.

A daughter murdered her parents then lived alongside their bodies for four years, with her father's body found in a "homemade mausoleum" in his bedroom, a court has heard.

Myra Thompson was killed by Jayne Hill, who has now been jailed for life

Virginia McCullough, 36, lived with the bodies of her dead mother and father for four years after murdering them both in 2019.

Police say Jayne Hill's attack on Myra Thompson in her own home was "the ultimate breach of trust".

Virginia McCullough's family paid an emotional tribute to elderly John, 70, and Lois, 71, after they were murdered in their family home in 2019

The Arizona State University student who allegedly stabbed her classmate has had her first-degree attempted murder charge dropped.

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A brutal murder could have turned out to be the perfect crime – if it hadn't been for a devastating hurricane, and heartbreaking testimony from a seven-year-old girl

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