Police said a 28-year-old law enforcement officer traveled from Virginia to Riverside to meet a teen girl he'd met online, then murdered the girl's mom and grandparents.
According to California officials, the crime spree began shortly after 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 25. Riverside Police officers were called to a home in the 11200 block of Price Court for reports of a disturbance between a man and a teen girl. Officers said the teen "appeared distressed" getting into a red Kia Soul with a man, later identified as 28-year-old Austin Lee Edwards of North Chesterfield, Virginia.
According to officials, Edwards met the girl online and "catfished" her, pretending to be someone he wasn't. After he developed a relationship with her, authorities said Edwards got her personal info and traveled from Virginia to Riverside to see her. Edwards allegedly parked his car in a neighbor's driveway, walked to the girl's home, and murder her mom and grandparents before leaving with the teen.
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