BREAKING Suspect in Riverside triple murder was detained in Virginia in 2016 for psychiatric evaluation, police report shows
A Virginia deputy duct-taped a Riverside family, killed them and set their home on fire, then fled with their teen daughter before fatally shooting himself, investigators say.The suspect in last month's horrific triple-murder in Riverside had been detained in 2016 for a psychiatric evaluation, according to documents ABC News obtained from police in Abingdon, Virginia.
Authorities said Austin Lee Edwards, a 28-year-old Virginia sheriff's deputy, traveled across the country to commit the murders after catfishing a 15-year-old girl. A local police report, received through a Virginia Freedom of Information Act request, shows Austin Lee Edwards allegedly threatened to kill himself and his father and had cut his hand in a bathroom on Super Bowl Sunday of 2016 after drinking two beers.
Edwards' father said the younger Edwards might have been upset over relationship issues with a girlfriend. Austin Lee Edwards allegedly struggled with his dad, refused to follow police orders, and fought efforts to put him in handcuffs, according to the police report. Edwards was then transported for a psychiatric evaluation.
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