Summary
- Virginia McCullough was jailed for life with a minimum term of 36 years for murdering her parents in Essex.
- She hid their bodies in makeshift tombs and lived alongside them for four years before being caught.
- McCullough deceived authorities, ran up debts in her parents’ names, and continued to spend their pensions after their deaths.
- Detective Superintendent Rob Kirby described her as an intelligent manipulator who lied about almost every aspect of her life.