Former Virginia State Trooper Kills Family of Teen Girl He ‘Catfished’ Online and Abducts Her
Chesterfield police shot and killed a former Virginia State Police trooper accused of killing three members of a California family on Friday, November 25. According to a press release, Austin Lee Edwards, 28, of Chesterfield County, developed an online relationship with a teenager from Riverside, California, using online deception methods known as “catfishing.” According to the release, Edwards obtained the teen’s personal information and then traveled from Virginia to her California home. Edwards parked his …