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The Latest Breaking News from Virginia State Police

Cops weigh in on whether children are missing in a possible Virginia mass abduction, like the horror movie ‘Weapons’

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Dozens of kids missing in Virginia over just a few days - but police say not to worry

Police say most missing children are runaways

The Independent UK

Fatal Train-Van Collision In Augusta County, Virginia

Tragic train-van collision in Augusta County, Virginia leaves three dead and one injured. Virginia State Police investigating the incident.

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All passengers and crew die in Virginia plane crash near airport

Virginia State Police said the crash killed the pilot and three other adults along with a child

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Police name dead suspect in 3 Virginia cold cases, including 2 of the 'Colonial Parkway Murders'

Authorities say they've linked a smalltime fisherman who died in 2017 to three cold-case homicides in Virginia

The Independent UK

A timeline of flight that crashed after losing contact, prompting military to scramble fighter jets

When a business jet failed to respond to air traffic control instructions, federal aviation officials say they reported the situation within minutes to a network that includes military, security and law enforcement agencies

The Independent UK

Family of Southern California victims killed by ‘catfish’ cop to sue Virginia police agencies

Relatives of three Riverside, California, family members slain last year by “catfish” cop Austin Lee Edwards plan to file a lawsuit next month seeking more than $100 million in damages from two Virginia law enforcement agencies that hired him even though he failed a preemployment mental health screening.

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7 deputies and 3 others face murder charges in a Black man's death at mental hospital

Irvo Otieno was transferred from jail to a state mental health facility on March 6. Prosecutors say he was handcuffed during the intake process and "smothered" by seven deputies for some 12 minutes.

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Background check missed deputy's red flags before killings

A background investigator erroneously failed to check a would-be trooper’s mental health history, allowing him to be hired for the Virginia State Police the year before he kidnapped a 15-year-old girl and killed three members of her family in California

The Independent UK

Why Virginia police hired ‘catfish’ cop Austin Lee Edwards

LOS ANGELES — In a previously unreported letter obtained by The Times, the head of the Virginia State Police detailed errors in his agency’s hiring of Austin Lee Edwards, the now-deceased “catfish” cop who killed three people in Riverside in late November.

Los Angeles Times

'Catfish' cop used his father as a reference to get job as deputy

WASHINGTON — Austin Lee Edwards, the cop who “catfished” a 15-year-old Riverside, California, girl and killed her grandparents and mother before taking his own life, used his own father as one of three character references on his application for a job as a sheriff’s deputy.

Los Angeles Times

Virginia probes hiring of trooper who killed teen's family

The Virginia Office of the State Inspector General is investigating the state police hiring of a man who drove across the country, kidnapped a 15-year-old California girl and killed her mother and grandparents

The Independent UK

Virginia governor asks for probe into hiring of ‘catfishing’ cop who killed 3 in California

LOS ANGELES — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has asked the state’s inspector general to investigate the Virginia State Police’s hiring of Austin Lee Edwards, the now-deceased cop who killed three family members of a 15-year-old Riverside girl he “catfished” online.

Los Angeles Times

Parents of slain UVA student call for stricter gun laws

The parents of a University of Virginia football player killed in a shooting last month are calling for stricter gun laws and more mental health support to prevent future gun deaths

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‘Catfishing’ cop told Virginia police he was treated at mental health facility, records show

LOS ANGELES — Austin Lee Edwards, the now-deceased cop who “catfished” a 15-year-old Riverside girl and killed her grandparents and mother last month, disclosed during his application to become a Virginia state trooper that he had voluntarily checked himself into a mental health facility several years earlier, according to records…

Los Angeles Times

Co-workers of cop who killed 3 in California removed items from his home before official search

ABINGDON, Va. — Co-workers of Austin Lee Edwards, the Virginia cop who killed the grandparents and mother of a 15-year-old Riverside, California, girl he “catfished” online, removed a sheriff’s truck and a black trash bag from Edwards’ property the night before it was officially searched, according to an eyewitness and…

Los Angeles Times

Virginia police blame ‘human error’ in hiring of man who later killed 3 in California

ABINGDON, Va. — Virginia State Police now blame “human error” for the agency’s hiring of Austin Lee Edwards, the cop who killed the grandparents and mother of a 15-year-old California girl he “catfished” online.

The Independent UK

Deputy who killed teen's family was on psych hold in 2016

A Virginia sheriff’s deputy who killed the family members of a 15-year-old California girl he tried to sexually extort online had been detained in 2016 for a psychiatric evaluation over threats to kill himself and his father

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‘Catfishing’ Virginia cop who killed California family was detained in 2016 after violent threats

ABINGDON, Va. — The Virginia police officer who “catfished” a 15-year-old California girl online and killed her mother and grandparents was detained for psychiatric evaluation in 2016 after threatening to kill himself and his father and experiencing relationship troubles with his girlfriend, according to a police report obtained by the…

Los Angeles Times

‘Catfishing’ Virginia cop who killed California family was detained in 2016 after violent threats

ABINGDON, Va. — The Virginia police officer who “catfished” a 15-year-old California girl online and killed three of her family members was detained for psychiatric evaluation in 2016 after threatening to kill himself and his father and experiencing relationship troubles with his then-girlfriend, according to a police report obtained by…

The Independent UK

Ex-children's hospital doctor charged with sex crimes

A prosecutor says Friday that the former medical director of a Virginia hospital that serves vulnerable children has been charged with four felony sex crimes in connection with abuse at the facility years ago

Los Angeles Times

Horrifying scene at Riverside home where police say 'catfishing' of teen led to 3 killings

LOS ANGELES — Neighbors described a horrifying scene as a man who police say catfished a teenage girl arrived at her family’s home in Riverside on Friday, killing three relatives, and then leaving with her and the home on fire.

The Independent UK

Police officer drove 4,000km to meet teen he ‘catfished’ before killing her family

Austin Lee Edwards, 28, also likely set fire to the family’s home in Riverside, California

The Independent UK

California police: Virginia man killed family, took teenager

The suspect in a triple homicide in Southern California who died in a shootout with police is believed to have driven across the country to meet a teenage girl before killing three members of her family

The Independent UK

UVA shooting suspect Christopher Jones bought two guns after being denied

Christopher Darnell Jones Jr, 22, was arraigned for three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of using a firearm in the commision of a felony and two more counts of malicious wounding

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