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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCatfishing Cop Who Killed California Teen's Family Had a Violent Past
https://www.thedailybeast.com/catfishing-virginia-cop-austin-lee-edwards-was-detained-in-2016-for-violent-threatsThe Virginia police officer who catfished a 15-year-old girl in California and then killed three members of her family had been detained for a psychiatric evaluation in 2016 after threatening to kill himself and his dad, according to a police report obtained by the Los Angeles Times, raising questions about how Austin Lee Edwards ever became a cop.
Edwards, who was ultimately killed in a shootout with cops, had been a deputy for the Washington County Sheriffs Office for a month after working as a Virginia State Police officer. In 2016, he locked himself in a bathroom and harmed himself, leading his dad to calling police, the report says.
Edwards bit his dad and tried to leave when he heard police had been called, also evading treatment, according to the report. Police issued an emergency custody order and temporary detention order against Edwards.
He didnt disclose the incident to the Virginia State Police when he began training in 2021, said an agency spokesperson, who added that a thorough background check was done and no indicators of concern arose during his employment.
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Catfishing Cop Who Killed California Teen's Family Had a Violent Past (Original Post)
Celerity
Dec 2022
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that is not my sig line, I just added it at the end of the OP for added flavour
Celerity
Dec 2022
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Jilly_in_VA
(9,983 posts)1. How
did this guy even become a cop, let alone a state trooper? This kinda shows a lack of background checks. Or maybe he resigned when those came through....
And just a thought, Celerity....your sig line pic looks like it could be his mother.
Celerity
(43,416 posts)2. my sig line pic? which one?
Jilly_in_VA
(9,983 posts)3. I guess
This one isn't yours then?
Celerity
(43,416 posts)4. that is not my sig line, I just added it at the end of the OP for added flavour
Jilly_in_VA
(9,983 posts)5. It does
kinda look like it could be the dude's mom though. Genetic trash.
jeffreyi
(1,943 posts)6. The guy's picture.
FAS?