Border Patrol, Vermont and Ziz

A timeline of activities of a cult-like group tied to the killing of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont
A look at the timeline of events in a series of killings that culminated in a shootout that killed a Border Patrol officer in Vermont.
A Vermont border agent’s death was the latest violence linked to the cultlike Zizian group
In the wooded outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a perplexed landlord noticed odd sights at two of his rental properties. Tenants wore long black coats and parked box trucks outside the duplexes.
Alleged leader of cultlike Zizian group linked to Vermont border agent's killing arrested in Maryland
The Zizians have been tied to the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland near the Canadian border in January and five other homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California. Maland, 44, was killed in a Jan. 20 shootout following a traffic stop in Coventry, Vermont, a small town about 20 miles from the Canadian border.
Two tied to death of border agent arrested in Maryland
Jack Lasota, 34, Michelle Zajko, 33, were arrested Sunday. They face multiple charges including trespassing, obstructing and hindering and possession of a handgun in the vehicle.
2 in cultlike group with ties to Border Patrol agent’s killing and Delaware County couple’s death arrested
Jack LaSota, who had been in custody in Delaware County at one time, and Michelle Zajko, the daughter of the slain Chester Heights couple, are in custody in western Maryland.
3 arrested as probe intensifies into bizarre murders nationwide including at VT border
Authorities are working to untangle connections that one expert says we may never fully understand because the group was so ...
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California man, missing for 2 years, ‘left everything behind’ to join ‘Zizian’ group
Daniel Blank, who lived for an unspecified time in Vermont, was arrested along with two others Sunday afternoon in Maryland.
Inside the Zizians, a radical California-based vegan cult now linked to 6 violent deaths
After a Border Patrol agent was killed in a shootout in Vermont in January, the apparent outlines of a grander conspiracy ...
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Feds probe ties between Bay Area ‘death cult’ killing spree, Vermont border agent shooting
Behind bars are Seattle-area natives Teresa Youngblut, 21, detained in Vermont, and Maximilian Snyder, 22, detained in California. Records show the two got a marriage license in Washington state ...
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How a traffic stop in Vermont cracked open a cultlike group linked to deaths in multiple states
Snyder is listed as in custody in the Solano County Jail in California. Attempts to reach family members of Snyder were not successful. A Border Patrol agent dies in a shootout Vermont On.
People Finally Flocked to Vermont. It Didn’t Last.
Vermont faces challenges that have bedeviled rural areas for decades: how to hang onto young people and draw in new residents ...
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After Wildfires, Care Bears Are Headed to California Kids
The Teddy Bear Project, an endeavor of South Burlington resident Nina Meyerhof, will provide hundreds of stuffed animals to ...