Killings across three states shine spotlight on cultlike ‘Zizian’ group

<p>Police search for member currently on the lam from charges linked to killings across the country</p><p>The killing of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/border-patrol-agent-death-vermont-canada">US border patrol agent David Maland</a> near the Canadian border in January and five other homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California have been tied to a cultlike group.</p><p>Interviews and online postings reveal how young computer scientists described by those who know them as highly intelligent appear to have become increasingly violent.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/15/zizian-group-killings">Continue reading...</a>