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What to know about the killing of a Border Patrol agent and ties to a cultlike group

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The killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland is tied to a cultlike group that federal prosecutors have linked to five other homicides in Vermont , Pennsylvania and California .

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

Washington state resident Teresa Youngblut , 21 , faces two weapons charges in connection with the killing.

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71

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67

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43

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formal

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English

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56

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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