Bay Area 'death cult' with Google tie linked to 'sprawling web of violence across America'

Cults can range from bizarre and eccentric to flat-out dangerous. And according to reporting in SFGate, a "death cult" in the San Francisco Bay Area known as the Zizians appears to fall into the dangerous category — as its members are being linked to a "sprawling web of violence across America, which has left at least six dead."

SFGate reporters Andrew Chamings and Katie Dowd, in an article published on February 13, explain, "Investigators across the country are piecing together connections between the double homicide of a wealthy married couple in Pennsylvania, a deadly shootout in Vermont and two brutal knife attacks on a landlord in Vallejo, (California). Four people who are allegedly Zizian cult members are in custody facing homicide charges, despite multiple escape attempts. Three members of the fringe group are missing and wanted, including the leader, Jack 'Ziz' LaSota, who faked their death in the San Francisco Bay."

According to Chamings and Dowd, the group has a connection to the Silicon Valley and the tech industry. Some members worked for Google or NASA "before the arrests began," the SFGate reporters note.

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Their article includes in-depth descriptions of alleged Zizians members.

One of them, Teresa Youngblut, is, according to Chamings and Dowd, facing assault charges in Vermont.

"The FBI declined to comment on its investigation into the Zizians for this story but pointed toward the wider conspiracy in a statement issued after Teresa Youngblut’s arrest," the reporters say.

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Read the full SFGate report at this link.