{"id":2354525,"date":"2024-10-14T09:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-woman-jailed-for-life-after-killing-parents-living-with-their-bodies-for-years\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T09:39:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:39:33","slug":"watch-woman-jailed-for-life-after-killing-parents-living-with-their-bodies-for-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-woman-jailed-for-life-after-killing-parents-living-with-their-bodies-for-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Woman Jailed for Life After Killing Parents, Living with Their Bodies for Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-woman-jailed-for-life-after-killing-parents-living-with-their-bodies-for-years%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2354525&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Virginia McCullough, a 36-year-old woman from the U.K., has been sentenced to life in \u2063prison for\u200d the murder of her parents. In \u20632019, \u2064she poisoned her father, \u200dJohn McCullough, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">prescription drugs<\/a> and subsequently beat her mother, Lois McCullough, \u200bto death with a \u2063hammer and stabbed her multiple times. After committing the murders, McCullough concealed their bodies in their home in Great Baddow, Essex, and lived\u2064 with \u2064them for four years until \u2062her arrest on September 15, 2023. <\/p>\n<p>During this time, she deceived family members by pretending her parents were on cruises or ill, while also stealing their money, totaling nearly \u00a3150,000, \u2062which she spent on gambling and \u200cother expenses. McCullough&#8217;s gruesome\u200d crimes came to light when doctors grew concerned about her parents&#8217; unexplained absence, \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-wire-americans-still-trapped-in-afghanistan-another-cuomo-cover-up-revealed-supreme-court-upholds-trump-immigration-policy\/\" title=\"Morning Wire: Americans Still Trapped In Afghanistan, Another Cuomo Cover-up Revealed, Supreme Court Upholds Trump Immigration Policy\">leading police<\/a> to investigate and discover the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deported-murderer-arrested-after-crossing-border-into-arizona\/\" title=\"Deported Murderer Arrested After Crossing Border into Arizona\">bodies hidden<\/a> within the home. McCullough, who referred to her actions with chilling indifference, has shocked many with the details\u2064 of her case, including creating a \u200d&#8221;homemade mausoleum&#8221; for her father and wrapping her mother in a sleeping bag.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>U.K. woman Virginia McCullough, 36, received a life sentence after murdering her parents in their home and living with their corpses for four years.<\/p>\n<p>McCullough killed the couple at their home in Great Baddow, Essex, in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2024\/oct\/11\/woman-jailed-life-murdering-parents-bodies-essex-virginia-mccullough\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>She then stashed their bodies in the house and continued living there until the day of her arrest on Sept. 15, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>She poisoned her 70-year-old father, John McCullough, with prescription drugs that she slipped into his drinks.<\/p>\n<p>The following day she &ldquo;beat her mother [Lois McCullough, 71] with a hammer and stabbed her multiple times in the chest with a kitchen knife bought for the purpose,&rdquo; prosecutor Lisa Wilding KC said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I was hitting her, it was like someone badly playing the xylophone, it was willy-nilly,&rdquo; McCullough told police, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c5ywjvwe01no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bodycam footage the day of her arrest showed police entering the home and confronting McCullough as she coolly admitted her crimes and disclosed the locations of the bodies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is wild, Virginia McCullough killed her parents and lived with their bodies for over 4 years. Her mum&rsquo;s body was in the wardrobe<\/p>\n<p>She made calls pretending to be her mum and told family members that they were going on cruises or ill. She also spent &pound;150k of their money. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VCIHR7boqU\">pic.twitter.com\/VCIHR7boqU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/I_amMukhtar\/status\/1844783217573851325?\">October 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I did know that this would kind of come eventually. It&rsquo;s proper that I serve my punishment,&rdquo; McCullough told police.<\/p>\n<p>She then said, &ldquo;Cheer up, at least you caught the bad guy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McCullough had created a &ldquo;homemade mausoleum&rdquo; for her father using masonry blocks, while she wrapped her mother in a sleeping bag in the upstairs wardrobe, the BBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>Police made the Poe-eque discovery in September 2023, when the McCulloughs&rsquo; doctors grew concerned about the couples&rsquo; absence, according to The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>Becoming suspicious of McCullough&rsquo;s excuses regarding her parents, police eventually raided the home and discovered the grisly scene.<\/p>\n<p>As for the motive, McCullough had exploited &pound;149,697 from the death of her parents, derived from collecting their pensions, using their credit cards, and selling their assets, the BBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The money appears to have been frittered away and not spent on expensive or lavish items,&rdquo; Wilding said.<\/p>\n<p>McCullough spent about &pound;21,000 on online gambling between 2019 and 2023.<\/p>\n<p>McCullough&rsquo;s uncle, Richard Butcher, called his niece &ldquo;very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-issue-of-time-magazine-does-not-feature-iconic-trump-fist-pump-photo-on-cover\/\" title=\"New issue of Time magazine does not feature iconic Trump fist-pump photo on cover\">dangerous&#038;rdquo<\/a>; and said details of the account had &ldquo;undermined my faith in humanity,&rdquo; The Guardian reported.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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