Family of victims allegedly killed by officer plan to sue agencies that hired him
A former state trooper allegedly killed the mother and grandparents of a teen he had catfished online. The victims' family now plans to sue the agencies that hired him. Last year, a former Virginia state trooper who had recently been hired as a sheriff's deputy allegedly killed the mother and grandparents of a 15-year-old girl in California he is accused of catfishing online, authorities said. Now, the victims' family plans to sue the agencies that hired him, claiming that they acted with "gross negligence," court filings show. Austin Edwards, 28, allegedly catfished the teen by posing as a 17-year-old boy online, according to notice of claim letters obtained by ABC News. The former Virginia state trooper was recently hired to be a deputy with the Washington County, Virginia, Sheriff's Office when he allegedly drove across the country to meet the teen at her home in Riverside over the Thanksgiving holiday. Austin Lee Edwards, the suspect in a triple homi...