A gruesome crime has been uncovered in England, where a 36-year-old woman has been jailed for life after murdering her parents in cold blood and then hiding their bodies at home for four years.
She killed her parents in 2019 and then buried them in "improvised graves".
On Friday, he was sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court to life in prison with a minimum sentence of 36 years.
When police entered her home in Essex, she confessed that her parents' bodies were there and that she had killed them, adding that she is "not a bad person".
"I knew this was going to happen. It is right for me to be punished," she said.
killings
In June 2019, 36-year-old McCullough poisoned her father with drugs she put in his drinks. The next day, she beat her mother to death with a hammer.
The judge, Justice Johnson, said the killings were premeditated and planned.
He said McCullough "charged a large quantity of prescription drugs" over a three-month period and in May 2019.
Hiding the bodies
After the murders, McCullough hid their bodies in makeshift graves at the family home.
The defendant took out hefty credit card loans in her parents' names and continued to spend their pensions after their deaths.
The prosecutor said that McCullough " has not worked for many years ".