Trans, vegan members and murder Vermont Border Agent Also a person interested in murdering his parents.
During a health check on January 3, 2023, the bodies of Richard, 72, and Rita Zajko, 69, were found dead at their home in Chester Heights Borough, Pennsylvania. The Delaware County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the death, which was a homicide on December 31, 2022.
More than a year later, the incident with the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) remains an “active investigation.”
According to the PSP, the couple was found having guns in their home. In January 2025 shooting of U.S. Border Patrol agents, guns “have been connected to those who are interested” David Christopher Maland.
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The undated photos were shown by Pennsylvania Police Shows Richard and Rita Zajko, who police said were shot dead at their home in a suburban Philadelphia on December 31, 2022. (Pennsylvania Police via AP)
Houses in Chester Heights, Pennsylvania, Rita and Richard Zajko were murdered in December 2022. (AP Photo – Matt Rourke)
Richard and Rita’s daughter Michelle Zajko has been linked to Teresa Youngblut and Felix’s guns and Felix’s vehicles when Felix shot in Maland.
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“Investigation of border broker shootings revealed that the weapons that killed customs and border patrol agents were purchased by an interested person in the murder of Rita and Richard Zajko,” he said. PSP spokesperson Confirm with Fox News Digital.
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Michelle Zajko, 32, is also charged with resisting arrest and carrying a pistol. (Allegany County Sheriff’s Office)
This undated image, courtesy of Joan Maland, shows us Border Patrol Agent David Maland, who was killed on Monday, January 20, 2025 after a traffic stop in Vermont. (David Maland/Joan Maland via AP)
On January 20, 2025, Malan was killed during a regular traffic stop Coventry, Vermontabout 20 miles south of the Canadian border. Authorities said Youngblut and Bauckholt opened fire at border agents on the stopping car.
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Bauckholt was killed in amid gunfire along with 44-year-old border agents. Youngblut was detained and faced weapons charges.
Maryland State Police said they arrested three members of the group on February 16 – Jack Amadeus Lasota, Michelle Jacqueline Zajko and Daniel Arthur Blank – related to the January 20 killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland. (Allegany County Sheriff’s Office)
Malan’s killing focused on “Zizian”, which reportedly included Youngblut, Bauckholt and Zajko, and with At least six homicide cases. The group’s goals are not clear, but members’ online works cover topics ranging from “radical vegetarianism” to transgenderism and artificial intelligence.
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Jack Lasota, 34, is reportedly the leader of the group and was recently detained in Maryland. They face multiple charges, including intrusion, obstruction, obstruction and possession of a pistol.
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Daniel McGarrigle, a lawyer representing Lasota, recommended Fox News Digital to the company’s offering. The release stressed that unless the government assumes responsibility, Rasota is “the supposed innocent”.
