Former Virginia State Trooper Austin Lee Edwards was accused of murdering three people before lighting their Riverside home on fire.
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 a Virginia State Police Department spokesperson, Edwards was hired and entered the academy last year on July 6. Upon his graduation on Jan. 21, 2022, officials assigned him to Henrico County, within the Richmond Division of Virginia. He resigned from the department on Oct. 28, 2022, a little less than a month before the gruesome murder.
He then continued his law enforcement career with the Washington County Sheriff's Office on Nov. 16, 2022. He recently began the orientation process with the department before being assigned to the patrol division. The Riverside Police Department believes that Edwards had met the 15-year-old girl online through a"catfishing" scheme, where he pretended to be a different person.
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