VT - David Maland, 44YO Border Patrol Agent shot and killed during a traffic stop

[vls12345]

A hearse carrying a fallen US Border Patrol agent has been escorted to a Vermont funeral home

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Law enforcement officers from around Vermont escorted a fallen U.S. Border Patrol agent to a funeral home Thursday, three days after he was killed during a

www.thespec.com

 

[pixiepixel]

I suspect it still may be him. Everything I've read seems to be referring to him as a genius and brilliant.

He won a gold medal at the Mathematics Olympiad in 2014. I dated a guy in high school who did that. He was my age, but two grades ahead of me. It wouldn't surprise me if this guy was in college by fifteen or sixteen. My ex was.

MOO

A very good point. In the above linked article, it also said that she had graduated from college in 2020. I assumed it was a typo since she's only 21 now, but perhaps they were both 'geniuses' enrolled in college at an early age...which would make this whole case even more bizarre.

 

[vls12345]

Suspects in killing of U.S. border patrol agent had an arsenal of weapons

The two suspects were identified as Teresa Youngblut of Washington state, who was wounded in the gun battle, and Felix Bauckholt, a German national who was killed.

www.nbcnews.com

Still some confusing details....

Bauckholt, the registered owner of the vehicle, appeared to have an expired visa in a Department of Homeland Security database, according to court documents. The FBI had previously said the German national involved in the incident was on a current visa.
The court documents do not make clear whether Maland was struck by one of Youngblut’s bullets or a shot fired by a fellow agent.

It is a very unusual case, and the long silence may indicate that Maland was shot by a colleague instead of by Bauckholt or Youngblut.

The FBI may also be studying Youngblut's diary and trying to understand what they had planned.

As far as David Maland possibly being killed by "friendly fire", I think it's a distinct possibility. The DOJ release says,

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont stated that Teresa Youngblut, 21, and who is believed to be from Washington state, has been charged by criminal complaint with one count of using a deadly weapon while assaulting a United States Border Patrol agent, and one count of using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to that assault.

and

During the stop, Youngblut fired her handgun without warning toward at least one of the Border Patrol Agents while outside the vehicle. Her German companion also tried to draw a firearm, and at least one Border Patrol Agent fired his service weapon. The exchange of gunfire resulted in Border Patrol Agent David Maland sustaining fatal injuries.

So, it seems to me, they are not clarifying yet which bullet(s) killed Maland. Of course, TY may have her charges upgraded as the investigation continues. All MOO.

Woman Charged With Discharging Firearm During Assault of United States Border Patrol Agent

www.justice.gov

 

[Motoman_90]

Sounds to me like border patrol/fbi has messed up somewhere along the lines and now doing damage control

 

[Deleted member 352484]

In the above linked article, it also said that she had graduated from college in 2020. I assumed it was a typo since she's only 21 now

Her linkedin shows she was due to graduate in 2026 with her major in computer science

https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresa-youngblut-816458265

 

[Deleted member 352484]

Sources tell WCAX News they were involved in high-level crime. And we know the FBI is leading the investigation, including a special agent who investigates computer crimes, fraud and criminals trying to infiltrate networks.

Woman facing charges in deadly shooting of Border Patrol agent in Vermont

One person now faces charges in the shooting death of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont. And we're learning more about the shootout. Our Ike Bendavid reports.

www.wcax.com

 

[TangledPuppet]

Strange case imo my head is swimming with speculation

 

[Chimera]

I am surprised that social media searches have not uncovered a manifesto of some sort or the other.

That might be revealing, imo !

So sad..... Rest in eternal peace, David C. Maland.
Thank you for your service to this country.
My utmost condolences to his family and friends.

 

[Deleted member 352484]

I suspect it still may be him. Everything I've read seems to be referring to him as a genius and brilliant.

It's not Bauckholt. Kings County records show it is somebody named <mosnip - removed name of innocent person from this post>

https://recordsearch.kingcounty.gov/LandmarkWeb/search/index?theme=.blue&section=searchCriteriaQuickSearch&quickSearchSelection=

 

[Deleted member 352484]

Federal prosecutors say a Washington state woman charged in connection with the fatal shooting of U.S. border patrol agent in Vermont had been in frequent contact with someone whom authorities have linked to homicides in Pennsylvania and California.

According to the motion, the gun used by Youngblut and one that Bauckholt was carrying were purchased by a THIRD person in Vermont last February. The buyer is a person of interest on a double homicide investigation in Pennsylvania, Drescher said.

And both Youngblut and the buyer “are acquainted with and have been in frequent contact with” someone who was detained during that investigation and who also is a person of interest in a homicide investigation in Vallejo, California, the motion said

Prosecutors say woman charged in killing of Border Patrol agent was in contact with homicide suspect

Federal prosecutors say a Washington state woman charged in connection with the fatal shooting of U.S. border patrol agent in Vermont had been in frequent contact with someone whom authorities have linked to homicides in Pennsylvania and California.

apnews.com

 

[Parsnip]

…
That person, who was not identified, is a person of interest in a double homicide in Delaware County, Pa., prosecutors said.
…

Gun used in border agent shootout was bought by a person linked to a double murder, prosecutors say

The allegation was included in documents filed hours before Teresa Youngblut was set to be arraigned in Vermont on charges of assaulting a border patrol agent with a deadly weapon.

www.nbcnews.com

We have an unsolved double homicide from Delaware County PA here. It’s gotten very little attention. I wonder if it’s the DelCo couple that the VT gun buying associate is connected to.

Deaths ruled a homicide after couple found inside Delaware County home: Police

Police were called to the home for a welfare check and found the bodies of 71-year-old Richard Zajko and his 68-year-old wife Rita.

6abc.com

 

[Deleted member 352484]

The guns that were found with them after the shooting had been purchased by someone purporting to be a resident of Orleans, Vt., from a licensed firearms dealer in Mount Tabor, Vt., last February.

That person, the prosecution memo says, is a person of interest in a dual homicide investigation in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

“Bauckholt flew into the United States in the hours preceding that Pennsylvania homicide. Both the defendant and the person who purchased the firearms in Vermont … are acquainted with and have been in frequent contact with an individual who was detained by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania during that homicide investigation; that individual is also a person of interest in a homicide investigation in Vallejo, California,” the prosecutor’s memo says.

Video shows creepy couple accused in shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol agent

Video shows the creepy couple accused in shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol agent outside the Newport City Inn &ampamp; Suites in Vermont

nationalpost.com

 

[sunflowermomma]

MOO

UW's computer science program is notoriously competitive and difficult, especially for freshman admits. It's so sad to throw away your future like that at 21.

With the link to a person of interest in a homicide investigation, one of them a German national and both of them trying to get into Canada (?) I wonder if they were working with an overseas "organization"?

 

[Parsnip]

And here is a very recent active homicide investigation in Vallejo. The poor fellow, Curt Lind, was also attacked by squatters on his property—with a sword—a couple of years ago. One of the squatters was killed in that first altercation. Another two were charged. Could this be the Vallejo case?

Man killed in Vallejo was main witness in upcoming murder trial

“Mr. Lind is the only eye-witness to this case and his testimony is critical for the People to have the ability to prove their case,” prosecutors wrote in court papers filed the day before the 82-year-old was killed.

openvallejo.org

 

[pixiepixel]

From the National Post article:

In November, Youngblut applied for a marriage licence in a Seattle suburb, according to King County municipal records — but it was not to marry Bauckholt. A different name was listed as her intended partner, who appears to be another computer and math enthusiast. Requests for comment from the person believed to be on her application have not been returned.

Also:

The FBI also seized a journal that allegedly belonged to Youngblut. It contains sections written in cypher text, which is encoded messages that need an algorithmic key to decode.

Some portions that agents can read, include phrases suggesting hallucinogenic drug use, prosecutors say, including “coming up on acid”, “not really sure what to spend this trip on”, “this lsd trip seems pretty mellow” and “i fell kinda high vibrationy maybe more so than other lsd trips.”

 

[Parsnip]

Two young people who applied in November for a marriage license in Washington have each been charged by authorities in separate January killings that claimed the lives of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont and an 82-year-old landlordin Vallejo, according to police and court records obtained by Open Vallejo.

Maximilian Snyder, a 22-year-old data scientist arrested in Northern California on Friday on suspicion of murder, and Teresa Youngblut, the 21-year-old computer science student charged last week in connection with the shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland, appear to follow a fringe, self-described “vegan Sith” ideology that started in the Bay Area and has connections to violence, according to police records, an interview with a person familiar with the group, and years of social media and blog posts reviewed by Open Vallejo. He was charged with murder and two enhancements Monday in Solano County Superior Court, according to court records.

…

Suspects in killings of Vallejo witness, Vermont border patrol agent connected by marriage license, extreme ideology

Both suspects attended the prestigious Lakeside School in Seattle, studied computer science, and appear to sympathize with fringe Bay Area group described as a “murder gang.”

openvallejo.org

 

[iamshadow21]

Two young people who applied in November for a marriage license in Washington have each been charged by authorities in separate January killings that claimed the lives of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont and an 82-year-old landlordin Vallejo, according to police and court records obtained by Open Vallejo.

Maximilian Snyder, a 22-year-old data scientist arrested in Northern California on Friday on suspicion of murder, and Teresa Youngblut, the 21-year-old computer science student charged last week in connection with the shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland, appear to follow a fringe, self-described “vegan Sith” ideology that started in the Bay Area and has connections to violence, according to police records, an interview with a person familiar with the group, and years of social media and blog posts reviewed by Open Vallejo. He was charged with murder and two enhancements Monday in Solano County Superior Court, according to court records.

…

Suspects in killings of Vallejo witness, Vermont border patrol agent connected by marriage license, extreme ideology

Both suspects attended the prestigious Lakeside School in Seattle, studied computer science, and appear to sympathize with fringe Bay Area group described as a “murder gang.”

openvallejo.org

Tl;dr, this is your brain on an echo chamber of cult thinking.

MOO

 

[Parsnip]

…

“At least one document recovered from the car she was driving purported to be a lease for a shared workspace in Shelburne, Vermont from June 2024, but the existence of an actual lease agreement has yet to be verified,” Lasher wrote.

Her only “verified” ties to Vermont, the prosecutor added, were the firearms she and Bauckholt possessed.

“Based on the firearms’ serial numbers, both firearms had been purchased by an individual purporting to be a resident of Orleans, Vermont from a federal firearms licensee in Mount Tabor, Vermont in February 2024,” Lasher wrote in the filing.

…

Prosecutor says woman charged in fatal border agent shooting had ties to people of interest in other homicides - VTDigger

Teresa Youngblut, 21, of Washington state, made her first appearance in federal court in Burlington late Monday afternoon. She was ordered held in custody pending another hearing Thursday.

vtdigger.org

 

[sunflowermomma]

Can't post it here, but if you search for some of the specific terms in recent articles you can find more about the ideology they might share...

 

[Warwick1991]

Bauckholt and Youngblut - and their associates - are stranger than fiction.