Prosecutors say woman charged in killing of Border Patrol agent was in contact with homicide suspect

Federal prosecutors say a Washington state woman charged in connection with the fatal shooting of U.S. border patrol agent in Vermont had been in frequent contact with someone whom authorities have linked to homicides in Pennsylvania and California. Twenty-one-year-old Teresa Youngblut faces two weapons charges in connection with the death of 44-year-old Border Patrol Agent David Maland, who died Jan. 20 during the shootout in Coventry, a small town about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from the Canadian border. Youngblut had been traveling with Felix Bauckholt, a German citizen who also was killed, and the pair had been under surveillance for several days.