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Police: Deputy posed as teen online to sexually extort girl

Dozens of candles are laid on the sidewalk, along with bouquets of flowers and stuffed animals outside of a charred home in Riverside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Authorities believe a suspect parked his vehicle in a neighbor's driveway, walked to the home and killed the family members before leaving with a teenage girl on Friday. Officials have not yet determined how the victims were killed or how the fire was set. The teenager was unharmed and is now in trauma counseling. (AP Photo Amy Taxin) Dozens of candles are laid on the sidewalk, along with bouquets of flowers and stuffed animals outside of a charred home in Riverside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Authorities believe a suspect parked his vehicle in a neighbor's driveway, walked to the home and killed the family members before leaving with a a teenage girl on Friday. Officials have not yet determined how the victims were killed or how the fire was set. The teenager was unharmed. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin) CORRECTS SPEAKER TO FAMILY FRIEND ALISON SAROS INSTEAD OF MICHELLE BLANDIN Alison Saros, a friend of the Winek family, speaks about Mark and Sharie Winek, and their daughter, Brooke, who were killed during a news conference in Riverside, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. Authorities are investigating whether a Virginia sheriff's deputy posed as a 17-year-old boy online to groom and sexually extort a teenage girl in California before driving across country and killing her mother and grandparents and setting fire to their home. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin) This photo provided by the Riverside Police Department shows Austin Lee Edwards, the suspect in a triple homicide in Southern California who died in a shootout with police Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Edwards is believed to have driven across the country to meet a teenage girl before killing three members of her family, police said. (Riverside Police Department via AP) Firefighters and Riverside Police gather outside a burned home in Riverside, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022 following a house fire. Three bodies were found in the house which police are investigating as a homicide. (Will Lester/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG via AP) Firefighters and Riverside Police gather outside a burned home in Riverside, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 25, 2022 following a house fire. Three bodies were found in the house which police are investigating as a homicide. (Will Lester/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG via AP) This photo provided by the Riverside Police Department shows Austin Lee Edwards, the suspect in a triple homicide in Southern California who died in a shootout with police Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. Edwards is believed to have driven across the country to meet a teenage girl before killing three members of her family, police said. (Riverside Police Department via AP)
Police: Deputy posed as teen online to sexually extort girl