The leader of a cultlike group known as the Zizians, linked to six killings in three states, is set to appear in a Maryland courtroom along with two others. Jack Lasota, Michelle Zajko, and Daniel Blank face charges including trespassing, obstructing and hindering, and possession of a handgun in a vehicle. A bail hearing for the two is scheduled for Tuesday at Allegany District Court in Cumberland, Maryland.
The Zizians have been tied to the killing of U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland near the Canadian border in January and five other homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania, and California. Lasota, Zajko, and Blank were arrested in Frostburg, Maryland, about 150 miles west of Baltimore on Sunday afternoon.
