‘Catfishing’ cop pretended to get 17, ‘groomed’ California girl just before destroying the lady family unit members, after that themselves

The brand new twenty-eight-year-dated Virginia policeman which killed about three nearest and dearest off a beneficial Riverside teen had presented on the web given that a teenager to help you “groom” the fresh fifteen-year-old lady, the fresh Riverside Cops Department told you Wednesday.

Austin Lee Edwards portrayed themselves as a 17-year-dated while you are communicating on the internet into the woman, using “grooming” actions, that is projects such as requesting or giving sexually explicit photos, providing gift suggestions and you can giving compliments, Riverside Police Captain Larry Gonzalez told you from the a news conference.