BALTIMORE (AP) — A lawyer representing the leader of the cultlike Zizians group that has been linked to six deaths told a ...

Jack LaSota, who goes by "Ziz," is not charged with any of the six deaths, but police have connected her to multiple homicide investigations in three states.

Jack LaSota's legal team seeks a competency evaluation, claiming she is mentally unfit for trial. LaSota faces multiple charges linked to her alleged leadership of a group associated with violent ...

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — The violent deaths linked to the group known as Zizians stopped at six a year ago, after a U.S. border agent was killed and three members were arrested on trespassing and gun ...

A competency review for Jack LaSota, leader of the Zizians group, has been ordered amid concerns regarding her mental competence to stand trial for various charges linked to a series of deaths.

Deputies escort Michelle Zajko, left, Daniel Blank, right, and Jack LaSota, in orange, from the Allegany County Courthouse after a pretrial hearing in Cumberland, Md., on Friday, January 16, 2026. (AP ...