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The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been authorized to seek the death penalty in a case against Teresa Youngblut , the woman accused in the Jan. 20 shooting that killed U.S. Border Patrol Agent David Maland.

A federal grand jury returned the four-count indictment Thursday against 21-year-old Youngblut, charging her with the murder of Maland, the assault of two other agents with a deadly weapon and related gun offenses.

Attorney General Pamela Bondi formally authorized the pursuit of capital punishment, and the acting U.S. attorney for the District of Vermont has filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty in the case, the agency said Thursday.

Youngblut has been linked by investigators to "Ziz," a fringe, self-des

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