The killing of a Border Patrol agent David Maland and ties to a cultlike group

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The killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland near the Canadian border last month and five other homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California have been tied to a cultlike group.

The killing of a Border Patrol agent David Maland and ties to a cultlike group

Interviews and online postings reveal how young computer scientists described by those who know them as highly intelligent appear to have become increasingly violent.

Border agent killed in Vermont

Maland, 44, was killed in a Jan. 20 shootout following a traffic stop in Coventry, Vermont, a small town about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the Canadian border.

Washington state resident Teresa Youngblut, 21, faces two weapons charges in connection with the killing.

She was traveling with German citizen Felix Bauckholt, who is also listed in court documents as Ophelia.

Both had connections to a cultlike group known in online communities as “Zizians” because of their affinity for a blogger who calls herself “Ziz.”

The pair had been under the surveillance of authorities for several days after an employee at a hotel where they were staying reported seeing Youngblut carrying a gun.

Teresa Youngblut, who is charged by the FBI in connection to the shooting death of US Border Patrol Agent David Maland, is seen in the office at the Newport City Inn on Jan.

14, 2025 in Newport, Vermont, in this still frame photograph from surveillance video released by the inn, who confirmed her identity. (Newport City Inn surveillance video image via AP)

Bauckholt died in the Vermont shootout. Authorities have not specified whose bullets hit whom.

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Youngblut’s lawyer said through a spokesperson that they are not commenting. Youngblut pleaded not guilty in federal court on Feb. 7.

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