Two young people who applied for a marriage license have each been charged in separate killings that occurred in January, resulting in the deaths of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont and an 82-year-old landlord in Vallejo, California, according to police and court records obtained by investigative news outlet Open Vallejo.
Maximilian Snyder, a 22-year-old data scientist arrested in Northern California, has been charged with murdering 82-year-old Curtis Lind in Vallejo, California and is a person of interest in a double homicide in Pennsylvania.
Teresa Youngblut, a 21-year-old computer science student was charged last week in the shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland in Coventry, Vermont.
On January 20, Youngblut was driving a 2015 Toyota Prius with North Carolina plates when she and her passenger, Felix Bauckholt, were stopped by Border Patrol agents for an immigration check in Coventry, Vermont, around 3 p.m., according to an FBI affidavit. Authorities first thought Bauckholt, a German citizen, had an expired visa, but later found it was valid.
The FBI says Youngblut then drew a handgun and fired at least once at an agent. Bauckholt also tried to draw a weapon, causing one Border Patrol agent to return fire with his 9mm service pistol.
The exchange of gunfire left Youngblut, Bauckholt, and Agent Maland injured. Bauckholt was declared dead at the scene, while Maland later died from his injuries at North Country Hospital, the affidavit states.
Public records indicate that Snyder and Youngblut applied for a marriage license in King County, Washington, in November 2024. It is unclear whether they have since married.
Youngblut and Snyder are also former classmates at Lakeside School in Seattle. Authorities say Youngblut and Snyder had been in frequent contact leading up to the shootings in Vermont and California.
Youngblut is being held without bail and faces weapons charges and assault on a federal officer. A detention hearing is scheduled for Thursday in Burlington, Vermont.
Authorities are continuing the investigation into the shooting and its connections to other crimes in California and Pennsylvania.
