Lawsuit will seek more than $100 million in damages from Virginia State Police and Washington County Sheriff Office for negligence in hiring Austin Lee Edwards.
Relatives of three Riverside family members slain last year by “catfish” cop Austin Lee Edwards plan to file a lawsuit next month seeking more than $100 million in damages from two Virginia law enforcement agencies that hired him even though he failed a preemployment mental health screening.
Officer Ryan Railsback, a Riverside Police Department spokesperson, said Friday the agency is still analyzing more than 1 million pages of internet and social media content involving the suspect and kidnapped teen. Riverside police said Edwards, 28, pretended to be a 17-year-old boy to establish an online, “catfishing” relationship with the 15-year-old girl. He drove across from southern Virginia to meet her at her family’s Price Court home after she rejected his request to send him nude photos of herself.
The Virginia State Police have claimed that Edwards’ hiring was due to “human error,” a notion Ring disputes. A memorandum of understanding between state police and the OIG, the watchdog agency tasked with investigating waste and rooting out inefficiencies in state government, says that in nearly all cases, Virginia State Police retains responsibility for “the oversight and conduct of internal investigations of its personnel,” according to the AP.
Edward then had Sharie Winek contact Brooke Winek, allegedly directing her to bring her 15-year-old daughter to the home immediately. Once there, he told Brooke to come into the house and to leave the girl and all cellphones inside her car, the claim states.
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