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Austin Lee Edwards worked as a sheriff's deputy in Virginia. Relatives of the family he killed plan to sue, arguing he never should have been hired.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin said last year he requested a full investigation from the state’s...

Anyone needing to report criminal violations of gaming laws regarding Virginia lottery games, sports betting or casino gaming is encouraged to call the new tip line at 1-833-889-2300.

Most child predators have more than one victim. Any evidence, especially technology or paper files, could aid police in learning about other victims or abusers.

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, California, girl whom police say he “catfished” online.

A background investigator failed to check a would-be trooper's mental health history, allowing him to be hired for the Virginia State Police the year before he...

A background investigator failed to check a would-be trooper's mental health history, allowing him to be hired for the Virginia State Police the year before he...

Col. Gary Settle, the Virginia State Police superintendent, wrote in a Dec. 30 letter to the state’s inspector general that the hiring of Austin Lee Edwards, despite his 2016 involuntary admittance to a psychiatric facility, was “the direct result of human error” and appeared to be an isolated incident.

A background investigator failed to check a would-be trooper’s mental health history, allowing him to be hired for the Virginia State Police the year before he sexually extorted and kidnapped a 15-year-old girl and killed three members of her family in California, officials said.

A background investigator failed to check a would-be trooper’s mental health history, allowing him to be hired for the Virginia State Police the year before he sexually extorted and kidnapped a 15-year-old girl and killed three members of her family in California, officials said.