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Cultlike Group Linked to Six Deaths and Border Patrol Agent Killing

  • An FBI investigation began after the Jan. 20 shooting death of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont, which linked a group to six deaths across three states.
  • Jack LaSota, also known as Ziz, is believed to be the leader of a cultlike group whose members exhibited violent behavior.
  • Members of the group, including LaSota, were seen engaging in suspicious activities in North Carolina, raising concerns among neighbors.
  • A landlord in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, noticed unusual behavior from tenants affiliated with the cultlike group.
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The Morning CallThe Morning Call

A border agent’s death and a Pa. couple’s murder are linked to cultlike Zizian group

The cult like group known as Zizians is linked to violence across the country, from the murder of a border agent in Vermont to the murder of a Pennsylvania couple.

·Allentown, United States
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9NEWS Denver9NEWS Denver

Vermont border agent’s death was the latest violence linked to the cultlike Zizian group

Members of the so-called "Zizians" are tied to the shooting death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.

·Denver, United States
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The IndependentThe Independent

Inside the ‘Zizians’: How a cultish group of radical vegans is now linked to 6 deaths

They seemed like just another band of anarchist misfits scraping by on the fringes of Silicon Valley — until the deaths began. Io Dodds unravels the complex web of ideology, friendship, and bloody violence that has baffled investigators nationwide

·London, United Kingdom
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abc11 Raleighabc11 Raleigh

Cultlike group investigation linked to FBI search in North Carolina: Report

Cross-country investigation that included North Carolina broke open after the Jan. 20 shooting death of Border Patrol agent David Maland in Vermont

·Raleigh, United States
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Raw StoryRaw Story

Bay Area 'death cult' with Google tie linked to 'sprawling web of violence across America'

Cults can range from bizarre and eccentric to flat-out dangerous. And according to reporting in SFGate, a "death cult" in the San Francisco Bay Area known as the Zizians appears to fall into the dangerous category — as its members are being linked to a "sprawling web of violence across America, whic...

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Boston HeraldBoston Herald

What to know about the killing of a Border Patrol agent and ties to a cultlike Zizian group

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 known as the Zizians. 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 shoo…

·Boston, United States
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MYCHAMPLAINVALLEY broke the news in on Thursday, February 13, 2025.
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