Riverside police chief confirms 15-year-old girl who was catfished was victim of sextortion
- where a shootout occurred between Edwards and sheriff's deputies. Edwards was shot and killed, and the teen girl was not harmed. She remains in protective custody.
Authorities do not believe the teen girl was involved in the murders or fire, or that she knew prior to the occurrences, police said. police said Edwards, an ex-Virginia State Police trooper who was most recently hired as a sheriff's deputy in the state, met the girl online and catfished her, obtaining her personal information by deceiving her with a false identity. Police said it appears Edwards was posing as a teen when he talked to the girl online.
"We are so amazed and overwhelmed and grateful for the support from friends and strangers," she said. A former law enforcement official is dead after police say he got into a shootout with deputies hour after killing the family of a Riverside girl he'd been "catfishing" online. The department said he passed his pre-employment background check, polygraph test, and psychological evaluations.
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