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

Police search for member currently on the lam from charges linked to killings across the country

The killing of US border patrol agent David Maland near the Canadian border in January and five other homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California have been tied to a cultlike group.

Interviews and online postings reveal how young computer scientists described by those who know them as highly intelligent appear to have become increasingly violent.