Riverside Girl, 15 abducted after her mother and grandparents killed, after meeting predator online.

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November 27, 2022

A fifteen-year-old girl, unidentified has mislaid some of her parents and her sister by a Virginia State Trooper named Austin Lee Edwards. Her individuality has not been publicized.

It has been released that Edwards met her online done a 'catfishing' scheme, pretending to beryllium a antithetic person; who was 17. He developed capable of a narration with her capable for her to judge she was harmless capable to stock texts, telephone calls, and springiness him her address. Edwards traveled from his residence successful Virginia to Riverside, to instrumentality her.

Edwards drove into the neighbors residence wherever helium parked his vehicle, went successful to the girls residence, sidesplitting her grandmother, Shrie Winek, 65, and grandfather, Mark Winek, 65, and her mother, Brooke Winek, 38. He past acceptable their location connected occurrence and abducted the girl. Hours later, Edwards and the miss were successful the conveyance connected a precocious velocity pursuit from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, opening occurrence connected the SWAT Team, which led to Edwards being gunned down.

The Riverside, California Police got a telephone for a payment cheque concerning a young pistillate who “appeared distressed” erstwhile getting into a reddish Kia Soul successful the 11200 artifact of Price Court. During the effect time, dispatchers were past alerted to fume and a imaginable occurrence a fewer houses distant from wherever constabulary were called for the payment check.

The 3 victims were located successful the beforehand of the location wherever the location occurrence started. They were murdered earlier the occurrence started. It was reported that they were bound and gagged.

Edwards was hired with Henrico County, Virginia department, entering the academy successful 2021, and resigned from the section connected October 28, 2022, astir a period prior. Cause for his resignation was not publicized. November 16, 2022 helium began moving for the Washington County Sheriff's Office.

After the murders, it was revealed that Edwards for immoderate crushed blacked retired the windows of his location successful Virginia with achromatic car tint, making it intolerable to spot wrong his residence. He had conscionable purchased this location eleven days earlier the abduction, execution and arson spree.

The surviving 15 twelvemonth aged was instantly taken into protective constabulary custody aft Edwards was recovered during the constabulary pursuit successful Mojave desert. She was physically unharmed.

Edwards died of a azygous gunshot wound. Conflicting reports person travel retired and it is unconfirmed if helium took his ain beingness oregon if helium was killed successful by instrumentality enforcement agents during the shootout.

It was not yet known however agelong she had been successful interaction with Edwards. It was reported that helium asked her for nude photos, and she stopped speaking to him. It is believed these acts were driven by his request for redemption, oregon persistence to instrumentality her.