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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (WRIC) — Former Virginia State Police (VSP) trooper Austin Lee Edwards, 28 — the suspect in a cross-country investigation after three family members were murdered in ...

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 ...

Austin Lee Edwards, 28, also likely set fire to ... Until last month, Edwards was a Virginia State Police trooper, and was recently hired as a sheriff's deputy in that state, spokespersons said.

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 ...

Late last year, with the Virginia State Police under scrutiny after authorities ... Questions about the investigation into the Austin Lee Edwards matter have swirled after reporting from the ...

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 ...