An apartment belonging to Austin Lee Edwards was never searched by authorities leading the investigation. Police never searched a Richmond-area apartment belonging to Austin Lee Edwards, the Virginia cop who killed three relatives of a 15-year-old Riverside girl whom police say he “catfished” online. Police may be reluctant to search Edwards’ apartment because having an officer commit murder and pursue …
Austin Lee Edwards had started as a patrol deputy for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office on Nov. 16, just days before the killings in Riverside. It was not immediately clear whether the Washington County Sheriff’s Office had a warrant for Edwards’ property, but legal experts say there are few — if any — legitimate reasons for law enforcement officers from …
