The killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland near the Canadian border last month 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

The killing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent near the Canadian border last month has been linked to a cultlike group at the center of five other homicides in three states. (AP Video: Rodrique Ngowi, Matt Rourke,

Agent David “Chris” Maland died in a shooting following a traffic stop, the FBI said. A second person killed in the incident was a German national in the country on a current visa, authorities said.

Here’s a look at the timeline of events in a series of killings that culminated in a Jan. 20 highways shootout that killed a Border Patrol officer in Vermont.

An obituary for the United States Border Patrol agent who was killed in a shootout in northern Vermont last month has shed new light on when he will be laid to rest. Visitation for Agent David "Chris" Maland will take place at a chapel in his native Minnesota,