Overview

• A federal grand jury returned a four-count superseding indictment charging Youngblut with the Jan. 20 murder of Agent David Maland, the assault of two other agents and related firearms offenses
• Acting U.S. Attorney Michael P. Drescher filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty under directives from Attorney General Pamela Bondi
• Court documents allege Youngblut opened fire without warning during a traffic stop on Interstate 91 in Coventry, Vermont, killing Maland while her companion was killed by return fire and she was wounded
• Investigators have linked Youngblut to the Zizians, a cultlike network of radicalized computer scientists accused of inspiring multiple killings across Vermont, California and Pennsylvania
• The FBI Albany Field Office led the multiagency probe with Vermont State Police, ATF, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Border Patrol and local partners after reports of tactical gear and weapons