A former Virginia state trooper allegedly kidnapped a California teenage girl he had been catfishing online — after murdering her family, according to police. Authorities say Austin Lee Edwards ...

In a previously unreported letter obtained by The Times, the head of the Virginia State Police detailed errors in his agency’s hiring of Austin Lee Edwards, the now-deceased “catfish” cop ...

Law enforcement officials identified the suspect as 28-year-old Austin Lee Edwards, a former Virginia State Police trooper who lived in North Chesterfield, Va. Hours after firefighters discovered ...

Riverside Police said Austin Lee Edwards, 28, of North Chesterfield, Virginia, had met the girl online and "catfished" her before murdering her family. Virginia State Police said Edwards was hired ...

A "human error" was made during the hiring process of former Virginia State Trooper Austin Edwards, a Virginia State Police spokesperson has confirmed. A review of Edwards' hire and time as a ...

Southern California law enforcement has identified former Virginia State Trooper Austin Lee Edwards as the man who allegedly killed a Riverside family last week. According to authorities ...

But in the weeks since Austin Lee Edwards went on a rampage in Riverside, California, it's become clear Virginia State police missed red flags about Edwards' mental health that were in plain sight ...

Austin Lee Edwards, the now-deceased cop who ... disclosed during his application to become a Virginia state trooper that he had voluntarily checked himself into a mental health facility ...

Authorities in Virginia blamed a “human error” for the hiring of former state trooper and sheriff’s deputy Austin Lee Edwards, 28, who allegedly killed three people last month. AP The ...

Austin Lee Edwards got a job with the Virginia State Police after threatening to kill his father and himself in a 2016 encounter in Abingdon. The State Police are conceding “human error” in ...

But in the weeks since Austin Lee Edwards went on a rampage in Riverside, California, it’s become clear Virginia State police missed red flags about Edwards’ mental health that were in plain ...