A Washington state woman has been ordered held without bail in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont.

Teresa Youngblut appeared in U.S. District Court in Burlington for a detention hearing following her initial appearance earlier this week. NBC5 was in the courtroom for Thursday's hearing.

At a hearing and in court filings, a federal prosecutor in Vermont cited connections between the defendant, Teresa Youngblut, and people linked to other murder investigations.