Mark Winek

Age : 69

Gender : Male

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

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 took 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://abcnews.go.com/US/man-allegedly-catfishes-teen-girl-online-kills-family/story?id=94090351

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fcalifornia%2Fstory%2F2022-11-30%2Fcatfishing-cop-groomed-riverside-teen-before-killing-family

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-police-kill-suspect-kidnapping-triple-homicide-austin-edwards/

https://nypost.com/2022/12/10/catfish-cop-austin-lee-edwards-used-own-gun-to-kill-himself/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/28/california-suspect-virginia-officer-met-teen-online-before-killing-family-members

https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2022/11/27/mother-father-daughter-identified-as-3-found-dead-in-burning-riverside-home/

https://www.timesnews.net/news/crime/former-southwest-virginia-deputy-accused-of-murdering-california-family-had-clean-employment-record-documents-show/article_68b98c50-80be-11ed-ba5e-f38993b2b2ca.html

https://www.police1.com/investigations/articles/catfish-cop-used-his-father-as-a-reference-to-get-job-as-va-deputy-cOATkQzn6eKQA4O5/