Virginia sheriff’s deputy who police say traveled to California to kill three family members of a 15-year-old girl he tried to sexually extort online killed himself with a government-issued firearm, authorities say.
FILE - Dozens of candles sit placed on the sidewalk along with bouquets of flowers and stuffed animals outside a charred home in Riverside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Authorities say that a Virginia sheriff's deputy who police say traveled to California to kill several family members of a 15-year-old girl he tried to sexually extort online killed himself with a government-issued firearm.
That same day, Edwards died by suicide during a shootout with San Bernardino sheriff’s deputies. The teenage girl was rescued. The Riverside Police Department, which is investigating the deaths of the girl's family members, has not said how they were killed. Authorities said the girl stopped communicating with him after he asked her to send him nude photos of herself.
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