Vermont border agent murder tied to a series of murders throughout the country

A shooting that left a dead Vermont border patrol agent can be connected to several other murders that cover from Pennsylvania to California.

The border patrol agent of the Swanton sector, David Maland, 44, was killed when the occupants of a car began to shoot him when he stopped them about 20 miles from the border between the United States and Canada on January 20.

The alleged shooters have been identified as Teresa Youngblut, 21, from Washington and Felix Bauckholt, a German citizen who was shot dead in the scene.

Youngblut was injured during the shooting and taken to the hospital. Maland was also taken to the hospital, where she was declared dead. The reasons behind the incident are still clear.

But prosecutors believe that Vermont’s shooting was not an isolated crime, linking Youngblut to a double homicide in Pennsylvania and a fatal stabbing in California.

In November 2024, Youngblut filed a request to marry Maximilian Snyder, a 22 -year data scientist, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

On Friday, Snyder was arrested and accused of killing a owner of Vallejo, California called Curtis Lind, 82, on January 17. He appeared in court on Tuesday.

A criminal complaint filed in Solano County affirms that Lind was stabbed and killed “in order to prevent his testimony in a criminal procedure.” KTVU reported.

The border patrol agent of the Swanton sector, David Maland, 44, was killed when the occupants of a car stopped about 20 miles from the border between the United States.

Teresa Youngblut, 21, from Washington, has been accused of shooting and killing the border patrol agent and has been linked to three other deaths throughout the country.

Lind had previously survived being attacked with a sword during an argument with his tenants in 2022.

The owner shot one of his attackers, Emma Borhanian, 31. The other two alleged assailants, Suri Dao, 21, and Alexander Jeffrey Leatham, 27, were arrested.

The couple was accused of attempted murder and chaos aggravated by attacking Lind with a sword. They were also accused of murder for the death of Borhanian, according to Ktvu.

Dao and Leatham will appear before the Court on February 19, and it was supposed to testify against them.

In 2019, Borhanian and Leatham were arrested after participating in an extravagant protest in Westminster Woods, a Cup in Western shelter, California, San Francisco Chronicle reported.

The Sonoma County Sheriff’s office said they allegedly blocked in the forested area to protest against artificial intelligence and a non -profit organization of Berkeley that organized an event there.

In 2021, Borhanian, Leatham and the other two who protested with them, Gwen Danielson and Jack Lasota, sued the Retirement and Sonoma County agents.

They affirmed that they were tortured and belittled for being transgender, but the case was dismissed because the group stopped appearing before the court.

Curtis Lind, 82, was stabbed in his property of Vallejo, California, on January 17

Maximilian Snyder, a 22 -year -old data scientist, has been arrested and accused of Lind’s death. I was also ready to marry Youngblut

Youngblut can also be associated with the alleged murderers of Richard Zajko, 71, and his wife Rita, 69, who were found dead at his home in Delaware, Pennsylvania, in January 2023.

In court on Monday, prosecutors revealed that a person who may be involved in the The murders of Zajkos supposedly bought the weapons that Youngblut and Bauckholt used in the Vermont border patrol shooting.

In addition, Youngblut was consistent in contact with another unidentified “person of interest” that was arrested in Pennsylvania in relation to the double homicide, according to San Francisco Chronicle.

Youngblut has been accused of a charge of using a mortal weapon while assaulting a border patrol agent of the United States, and a position to use and download a firearm during and in relation to that assault, according to the United States Prosecutor’s Office.

Seattle police revealed that Youngblut’s parents told the police that there was missing days before Maland allegedly kill, NBC5 reported.

His parents said they had not heard of her in days and that they were worried. According to the reports, Youngblut moved to start with a friend and changed her phone number.

They revealed that their daughter had separated, moving away from friends and lying about who she and her whereabouts were.

But as Youngblut is an adult, the police determined that there was no reason to formally inform their disappearance.

Richard Zajko (right), 71, and his wife Rita (left), 69 were found dead at his home in Pennsylvania in 2023

When Youngblut and Bauckholt were arrested in a PRIus by the border agents, Bauckholt had an expired visa.

The couple had been on the police radars after an employee of a Vermont hotel noticed that they were recorded with all the black clothes. Youngblut supposedly had an exposed weapon.

They told the police that they were in Vermont for properties to buy and review on January 19, according to prosecutors.

Before the shooting, they were last seen in a Walmart. Bauckholt bought aluminum foil and went to the car to wrap items on it.

After the attack, the officers found two guns, two phones wrapped in aluminum foil, a ballistic helmet, night view glas on a trip, according to San Francisco Chronicle.

They also allegedly saw Youngblut’s magazine, which contained ‘Cypher’s text’ and statements that refer to drug use, including ‘acid emerge’ and ‘This LSD trip seems quite soft’.