(KRON) — A 22-year-old man arrested final week in Redding in connection to a deadly stabbing in Vallejo earlier this month could also be related to an uncommon collection of killings throughout the nation. Maximillian Bentley Snyder of Kirkland, Washington, was arrested on Saturday and booked on homicide fees for a deadly stabbing on the intersection of Lemon and Third streets in Vallejo.
Officers responded to the scene simply after 2:18 p.m. on Jan. 17 and located a person who’d been stabbed. The sufferer was taken to the hospital the place he later died.
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Vallejo Police Division murder detectives responded and took over the investigation. With the help of the Solano County District Lawyer, Snyder was recognized because the suspect.
Picture: Vallejo PD
Vallejo PD obtained a warrant to arrest him. Snyder was situated in Redding at 1 a.m. final Friday and arrested by the Redding Police Division on the 1200 block of Churn Creek Highway.
A fringe ideological group of ‘rationalists’?
Now, connections are surfacing between Snyder and different killings across the nation that may very well be related to a fringe ideological group of “rationalists,” in response to a report within the San Francisco Chronicle. In November, Snyder seems to have taken out a wedding license in Washington state’s King County with Teresa Youngblut.
Youngblut, 21, is presently going through two weapons fees in connection to the deadly capturing of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont on Jan. 20. Youngblut, in response to the Related Press, was in “frequent contact” with Snyder.
Teresa Youngblut, who’s charged by the FBI in connection to the capturing dying of US Border Patrol Agent David Maland, is seen within the workplace on the Newport Metropolis Inn on Jan. 14, 2025 in Newport, Vermont, on this nonetheless body {photograph} from video launched by the inn, who confirmed her identification. (Newport Metropolis Inn {photograph} by way of AP)
Whereas in Vermont, nonetheless, Youngblut had been touring with Felix Bauckholt, a German citizen who was additionally killed within the Jan. 20 capturing. Previous to the capturing, the FBI mentioned the 2 had been beneath surveillance for a number of days after an worker at a lodge they had been staying at reported seeing Youngblut with and each of them carrying black tactical gear.
An FBI affidavit signifies that border patrol brokers pulled the duo over to conduct an immigration inspection. Youngblut, who was driving, bought out and opened fireplace on the brokers. Bauckholt additionally tried to attract a gun, however was shot.
U.S. Border Patrol agent David Maland, 44, died within the shootout.
On this undated and unknown location photograph launched by the Division of Homeland Safety exhibits Border Patrol Agent David Maland posing with a service canine. (Division of Homeland Safety by way of AP)
‘At all times carrying black’
Earlier than arriving in Vermont, Bauckholt and Youngblut had rented models in separate duplexes in the identical neighborhood in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Bauckholt rented a unit via Airbnb beginning in July 2023 and moved to a second unit later that yr. Youngblut started renting a unit in November 2024 and paid practically $10,000 to increase her keep till the tip of March.
The proprietor, who didn’t need to be recognized attributable to fears for his security, went to the models frequently to choose up trash and mentioned one other man seemed to be dwelling with Bauckholt.
“There were always wearing black and in the back of my mind, this entire time, I’m just thinking, ‘What is going on with these people?'” he mentioned.
The proprietor’s final contact with Bauckholt was a few month in the past, he mentioned, when Bauckholt was attempting to barter a extra conventional lease as an alternative of utilizing Airbnb. Field vehicles had been parked outdoors of each models, he mentioned, and Bauckholt was working {an electrical} wire to considered one of them.
“There would be times when I would come to get the trash and as I’m coming up the driveway, he’d be crawling out of the cab,” he mentioned.
Bauckholt had additionally been in frequent contact with Snyder, in response to the Related Press. AP additionally reported that Snyder had beforehand been detained in connection to a double murder investigation in Pennsylvania.
The sufferer within the Vallejo stabbing, recognized by AP as “C.L.” seems to be Curtis Lind, who was attacked on his Vallejo property and died on Jan. 17. Courtroom docs cited by AP mentioned Lind was a witness to against the law who was “intentionally killed for the purpose of preventing his testimony in a criminal proceeding.”
Snyder is presently being held in Solano County Jail on homicide fees.
Youngblut appeared in a federal courtroom in Burlington, Vermont on Monday and was scheduled for a detention listening to on Thursday.
‘What on the planet is occurring with these individuals?’
Again in North Carolina, the proprietor of her rental property mentioned he had despatched messages to all his renters throughout a latest chilly snap asking them to let their taps drip to keep away from frozen pipes. He didn’t hear again from Bauckholt or Youngblut, however somebody renting the opposite half of Youngblut’s duplex mentioned her scorching water wasn’t working. The proprietor mentioned he went into Youngblut’s unit final week to test the plumbing.
“The thing that struck me the most was that there was a stretcher in the living room. Like, what in the world is going on with these people?” he mentioned.
“The hair on the back of my neck is still up and I just can’t believe it’s being connected to my Airbnb.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
