According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a Seattle woman was indicted on Thursday in connection to the January murder of a U.S. Border Patrol agent from Minnesota in Vermont.
The Department of Justice said a federal grand jury in the District of Vermont returned a four count superseding indictment, charging 21 year old Teresa Youngblut of the murder of Border Patrol Agent David Maland. In addition, Youngblut is also reportedly charged with the assault of two additional agents with a deadly weapon and related firearms offenses.
For the current charges Youngblut is facing, the maximum penalty is death and Attorney General Pamela Bondi has authorized and directed Acting United States Attorney for the District of Vermont Michael P. Drescher to pursue capital punishment in this case.
Consistent with that direction, Drescher has filed a notice of intent to see the death penalty against Youngblut.
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