Evil daughter who murdered parents & lived with bodies for FOUR years is jailed
She pretended to go into an imaginary office to work as a web designer when in reality, she had been unemployed since 2017.On the the day after the fatal attack on her mum, she sent one of her four sisters a text from Lois’ phone that read: “your dad and I are at the seaside in walton this week. Mum x”.


She also poisoned 70-year-old dad-of-five John using prescription medication after spiralling into debt.After deciding the hammer was “too messy”, McCullough got a kitchen knife and stabbed Lois, who she described as a “happiness hoover”, eight times in the chest and neck.He added: “McCullough lied about almost every aspect of her life, maintaining a charade to deceive everyone close to her and clearly taking advantage of her parents’ good will.“We request privacy as we continue to grieve the loss of our dear parents.”
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“Their love for the seaside was so great, they were hoping to move to the coast in their retirement years. Mum and Dad always enjoyed the time they spent with us, family was their pride and joy.He said that while she had traits of autism spectrum disorder she “knew what she was doing was wrong”.“I need to tell you something about what’s upstairs on the top floor as well.”In fact the only emotion she showed is when she mentions the bloody hammer she used to murder her defenceless mum. And even then there’s not a real tear in sight.
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The “compulsive liar” also claimed she suffered from debilitating thunderclap headaches to garner sympathy from her parents.“Our family has been left devastated and heartbroken at the deaths of our parents who were taken from us so cruelly.“The details of this case shock and horrify even the most experienced of murder detectives, let alone any right-thinking member of the public.McCullough, 36, has now been jailed for life with a minimum of 36 years after previously pleading guilty to murder.McCullough seemed more bothered by the sleeves on her top than the gruesome revelation she was making.


McCullough then hid her dad’s body in a “makeshift tomb” in a ground floor bedroom before wrapping her mum in a sleeping bag and leaving her in an upstairs wardrobe.In a joint statement, the family of John and Lois said: “We would like to say a huge thank you to Essex Police, and in particular the Major Investigation Team for their tireless work in trying to achieve the best possible justice for our beloved parents.“Mum and Dad loved their trips to the seaside together, where they enjoyed many walks and visited lots of different attractions.The killer would claim her parents had gone on holiday and hid behind the Covid lockdown to shoo away concerned relatives.“It therefore follows that the wider family of John and Lois, understandably, could never have guessed or anticipated that McCullough would be capable of undertaking these murders before committing herself to this level of deceit.”Chillingly, McCullough didn’t flinch as she walked police past the bedroom where her dad had lain dead for four years.Thank God the police – in McCullough’s own words – caught the bad guy because who knows how long she would have carried on living in that house of horrors with Lois and John unable to rest in peace.“Our Dad was caring and hardworking and he had a passion for education and writing. He worked tirelessly in his career in university education, which spanned many years.In chilling bodycam footage, the artist appeared eerily calm as she told officers “I’ll cooperate”.“Our Mum and Dad are forever in our hearts, and are loved and missed beyond any measure.“Yeah, I know. I know but I’m trying to help so you find everything. It will still have blood on it. It’s rusted but will still have traces on it.”The court heard she murdered her parents “in cold blood” in the summer of 2019.
Never have I seen a killer so calmly confess to their gruesome crimes
Police even visited the home on August 18 last year for a welfare check.McCullough told the officers they could find her Lois’ body in a wardrobe “behind the bed at the back next to a sink”.“She had friends from around the world through her penfriend hobby, many of whom she had written to for several decades. Mum had a passion for history, and maintained a keen interest in the royal family.She lived with her parents’ decomposing bodies for four years before they were discovered in September 2023.McCullough had “manipulated and abused her parents’ good will for financial gain” and lied about her own success.“We would also like to thank other specialist services for their invaluable contribution to this investigation, and to everyone who has supported our family over the last year.In reality, she was stealing her parents’ money – benefiting from more than £135,000 in total.“I deserve to get whatever’s coming sentence-wise because that’s the right thing to do and that might give me a bit of peace.”Lois begged “what are you doing?” as she desperately tried to protect herself from the blows.Her web of lies finally unravelled in September 2023 when a worried GP raised the alarm over missed appointments.Voice cracking, the monster said: “So on the ground floor underneath the stairs, there’s a few like storage boxes and things and in the middle, I think it’s in both boxes or in a bag or something…if you want to shush after this I will but every bit helps…it’s a hammer.McCullough continued her deceit after their deaths by constantly lying about her mum and dad’s whereabouts in a twisted bid to cover her tracks.She added: “I did know this would kind of come eventually. It’s proper that I serve my punishment.”McCullough had stacked masonry blocks together, which were secured with filler, to make the tomb then covered it with blankets and paintings.She was interviewed but officers were unaware the bodies were inside and no search was carried out as there was no indication of anything suspicious.
John and Lois’ devastated family pay tribute
“Our Mum was kind, caring and thoughtful. Mum delighted in her grandchildren.All the while, the monster was using their bank cards to spend their hard-earned pensions – splurging £21,193 on gambling.Speaking after the sentencing, Detective Superintendent Rob Kirby from Essex Police, said McCullough murdered her parents “in the interest of self-preservation and personal gain”.
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She even signed her confession like she was signing for an Amazon package.Never so calmly has a monster admitted to their crimes with such brutal honesty that even the cops are telling her to stop.

