Death by Cop- 2022
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Brooke Winek
Case # :1757
Gender : Female
Age : 38
Race : White
Date : 11/25/2022
Location : 11261 Price Court
City : Riverside
County : Riverside
State : California
Agency : Washington County SO
Officer(s) :Off-duty officer Austin Lee Edwards
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Officer kidnapped underage girl, killed grandparents
Disposition : No known charges
Open Records Summary :
Virginia’s Washington County deputy Austin Lee Edwards catfished a teenage girl online and traveled to California, abducted her, killed her grandparents Mark and Sharie Winek and her mother Brooke Winek and kidnapped the girl after setting the house on fire. SWAT caught up with him and shot and killed him. The girl survived.
Source Links :
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-01-08/austin-lee-edwards-groomed-nudes-girl-teen
https://nypost.com/2022/12/10/catfish-cop-austin-lee-edwards-used-own-gun-to-kill-himself/