Extra Murders Probably Tied to Weird Techno-Cult Members

They’ve been referred to as a “demise cult” and a “homicide gang” and, supposedly, their weird beliefs had been influenced by concepts that sprang up on a preferred on-line tech discussion board. Little is in any other case recognized in regards to the “Zizians” aside from that the physique rely allegedly linked to the group solely continues to develop.

Thus far, no less than two murders have been tied to folks allegedly linked to the group. Curtis Lind, an 82-year-old landlord was stabbed to demise in Vallejo, California, on January seventeenth and, not lengthy afterward, a Border Patrol agent, David Maland, was shot to demise throughout a site visitors cease in Vermont.

The 2 suspects in these separate (however, in line with police, doubtlessly associated) prison circumstances—Maximilian Snyder, 22, and Teresa Youngblut, 21—are believed to share a wedding license, although it’s unclear whether or not they’re really married. Snyder was lately arrested for the Vallejo homicide; Youngblut has been taken into custody for the deadly incident in Vermont.

On Friday, new reviews recommended further killings may also be tied to the group. Police are at the moment looking for 32-year-old Michelle J. Zajko, who is suspected of getting bought firearms that had been later used within the capturing in Vermont, NBC has reported. It has been reported that Zajko’s mother and father, Richard and Rita Zajko, were shot to death at their home in Pennsylvania in 2022. The Zajkos’ deaths stay unsolved, although it’s thought of a double murder by police.

To complicate issues additional, the determine often known as “Ziz” (who has been described as the “flagbearer” of the group, and whose on-line writings are stated to have impressed the group’s formation) is at the moment in custody in Pennsylvania. Ziz’s authorized title is Jack LaSota. LaSota, who has “connections to a few of the key gamers within the California case,” has been charged by police with obstructing regulation enforcement and disorderly conduct, the Related Press has reported.

Much more weirdly, LaSota was beforehand considered lifeless. AP writes that, in the summertime of 2022, the U.S. Coast Guard responded to reviews that LaSota had fallen into the San Francisco Bay. Subsequently, an obituary for him was revealed and his mom additionally appeared to substantiate he had died, AP writes. Nonetheless, LaSota subsequently popped again up in Vallejo and was stated to have been contacted by police on the website of yet one more crime.

It ought to be closely caveated that each one of those connections are solely alleged and there’s a entire hell of lots that we have no idea about who these individuals are or what goes. All we actually know at this level is that at least six people are dead, and all the deceased appear to share ties—if, to date, solely tangential ones—to this group.

The tenets of the Zizian belief system are obscure, though it has been described as a philosophy that applies scientific and technological ideas to human decision-making. They’ve additionally been characterised as supporting an excessive type of veganism, and are stated to be an offshoot of the “rationalist” motion that was fostered on the LessWrong discussion board.