An ex-cop from Virginia was shot dead by police after they say he catfished a teen girl then killed her family.
Authorities in California shot and killed Austin Lee Edwards, a former police officer in Virginia, after he fleeing with a teen girl he catfished.The suspect in a triple homicide who died in a shootout with police Friday in Southern California apparently drove across the country to meet a teen girl he catfished online, before killing three of her family members, police said.
Three bodies found in the family's home were identified by police as the girl’s grandparents, Mark Winek, 69, his wife, Sharie Winek, 65, and the girl's mother, Brooke Winek, 38. The cause of the fire at the home – about 50 miles southeast of Los Angeles – also remained under investigation, police said, but appeared to have been “intentionally ignited.
Investigators later determined the two people were Edwards and the teenager, whose age was not released. Several hours later, authorities were able to track Edwards' vehicle down as he was driving with the teen through San Bernardino County in the unincorporated area of Kelso.
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