Austin Edwards, a former Virginia state trooper, was accused of catfishing a teen girl, then murdering her family when he went to meet her. Virginia State Police said he passed all their background checks.
Austin Lee Edwards was shot and killed by San Bernardino County deputies on Nov. 25, outside of Needles near the California-Arizona border. Edwards was killed after leading deputies on a short chase. Along with him in the car was a teen girl from Riverside.
On Sunday, authorities announced that Edwards was also a law enforcement official, formerly with the Virginia State Police, and most recently as a county sheriff in Washington County, Virginia. Edwards had a short law enforcement career. According to the Virginia State Police, Edwards entered the academy in July 2021, and graduated in January 2022, assigned to Henrico County, which surrounds Richmond. He was with the department until last month.
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