An artist who killed her parents and hid their bodies at her home for years told neighbours they had 'moved to the seaside'.
In the moments after Essex Police attended the home, she confessed to poisoning her father with prescription medication and stabbing her mother shortly afterwards.Artist Virginia McCullough, 36, 'confessed to poisoning her father with prescription medication and stabbing her mother' A shop worker said he had not seen John and Lois since the Covid pandemic with McCullogh telling him they had moved to the seaside.He said McCullough would bother shop workers and buy them things and 'was just like a pest'.Retired systems engineer Phil Sargeant, 67, said she would come out to chat to you if she spotted you leaving home.
McCullough admitted murdering John and Lois McCullough when she appeared at Chelmsford Crown Court today. Police had attended the end-of-terrace house on 18 August 2018, after McCullough alleged she was assaulted in her back garden. Essex Police said it began an investigation after receiving reports of concern for the well-being of the two people aged in their 70s