A federal lawsuit filed by the teenager kidnapped by "catfish" cop Austin Lee Edwards answers questions about the grisly crime, including how they met, why he killed her family and where he planned to take the girl after kidnapping her.
A former Virginia state trooper accused of “catfishing” a 15-year-old California girl and then murdering several of her family members was detained years earlier for a psychiatric evaluation after threatening to kill his father and then himself.
Authorities in California do not believe a 15-year-old catfished by a former trooper who killed her mother and grandparents was involved in the gruesome slayings.