Authorities in California shot and killed Austin Lee Edwards, a former police officer in Virginia, after he fled with a teen girl he catfished.
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The suspect in a triple homicide who died in a shootout with police Friday in Southern California apparently drove across the country to meet a teen girl he catfished online, before killing three of her family members, police said.
Austin Lee Edwards, 28, also likely set fire to the family’s home in Riverside, California, before leaving with the girl, the Riverside Police Department announced in a news release.
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputies killed Edwards, a former police officer, after locating him with the teenager later that day, police said. Edwards, who police said lived in North Chesterfield, Virginia, met the girl online and obtained her personal information by deceiving her with a false identity, known as “catfishing."
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Poor girl is going to need a lot of therapy
Wow …..a cop did this ?
@Charles L Jones cops are just people too.
@Joe Y Which why they said maybe.
@Brenton Carter A lie means the person knows the truth. Are you claiming you or the other person knows all the details?
It was probably her idea
I know exactly what happened. A former COP, is what happened!
@rando how them boots taste?
@rando why does everyone get butthurt when I bring up the elected democrat who just stabbed a journalist to death over a hit piece in Arizona?
If the fact that this murderer is a former cop is so important, why is bringing up the fact an elected official who just murdered a journalist over a hit piece is a democrat so problematic?
@Brenton Carter just comply
California’s most prolific serial killer? A retired Cop… Seems like the police need REAL oversite… Not just asking the police to check themselves… Maybe this is a trend.
@Alina Itzal what’s funny is when you’re in trouble you’re still going to call a cop.
Some people just need put down.
So sad
Usual cracked suspect….
What the hell is wrong with people 🤦♀️
insane
Groomer.
He wasn’t an ex-cop when he committed his crimes!!
California’s most prolific serial killer? A retired Cop… Seems like the police need REAL oversite… Not just asking the police to check themselves… Maybe this is a trend.
I don’t see the problem.
This is expected behavior from a cop.
Thank you
this is just what cops do.
This is why they hire peope like this, because they are all like this.
They let this man resign, why? so he could go on to be hired by another department.
if he had gotten away with this, THATS what would be happening
sicko cops, what’s new?
Where’s the dad? All too typical.
HIS FAMILY TREE IS A STRAIGHT LINE, JUST SAYING.
“Met online” ah Facebook, what have you done to our planet. That’s rhetorical btw. It really is a social network for preditors, narcissists and the young and vulnerable – great combo.
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You smoking crack?
SEE !! THIS is why “only cops should have guns” .
They let anybody get a badge these days smh. He doesn’t even look like he’s fit for Paw Patrol, let alone a police officer
A person that was hired to uphold the law broke the law and they always tell us that this would never happen that cops don’t commit crimes cops are real people and they are subject to committing crimes just like anyone else. I am so sorry for this family my condolences to all who survive this monster