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Lawyers for Transgender ‘Zizian’ Cult Member Accuse Feds of Fast-Tracking Death Penalty in Border Patrol Agent Killing Case
The suspect is believed to belong to a cult of vegan anarchists that has been linked to several other killings in Pennsylvania and California.
Woman charged in border agent's death seeks delay in death penalty decision
Teresa Youngblut is part of a cultlike group known as Zizians that has been connected to six killings in three states.
Trump admin fast-tracks death penalty case for transgender cult suspect in Border Patrol killing: attorneys
Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...
Attorneys for woman accused of shooting border agent ask for extension as possible death penalty looms
The woman who is accused of shooting and killing United States Border Patrol Agent David "Chris" Maland earlier this year has ...
VTDigger1d
Defense seeks more time to convince prosecutors not to seek death penalty against client in Border Patrol killing
Attorneys for Teresa Youngblut have asked a judge to extend a deadline to present evidence to prosecutors as they weigh whether to bring capital crimes in the case.
Feds pursuing death penalty in fatal Vermont Border Patrol shooting, attorneys claim
Attorney General Pam Bondi previously singled out the case as an example where federal prosectors could seek capital charges.
Burlington Free Press6d
Person charged in death of Border Patrol agent in VT may face death penalty: What we know
Teresa Youngblut, who is charged with killing a Border Patrol agency in Coventry, Vermont, may face the death penalty. Here's ...
Woman with ties to a cultlike group to appear in court after border agent’s killing
A woman charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont is due in federal court Tuesday in one of multiple ...
Killeen Daily Herald20d
A Border Patrol agent died in 2009. His widow is still fighting a backlogged US program for benefits
Lisa Afolayan holds a charm she wears in memory of her late husband, U.S. Border Patrol agent Nate Afolayan, at her home in The Colony, Texas, May 24, 2025.