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Austin Lee Edwards poses as a 17-year-old boy to talk online with a 15-year-old girl. He then drives across the country to her Riverside home when she stops responding. Edwards parks in a neighbor\'s driveway and goes inside the Winek home. Edwards kills the girl\'s mother and grandparents, sets the home on fire, and leaves with the girl.

A neighbor calls police after noticing Edwards leading the girl, who "appeared distressed," into his car. Another neighbor also calls 911 after seeing flames coming from the home. When police arrive, Edwards and the girl are gone. Brooke, Sherie, and Mark Winek\'s bodies are found inside the home; Brooke Winek\'s other daughter is not home.

Police get Edward\'s license plate from cameras in Winek\'s neighborhood and track him into the Mojave Desert. A helicopter spots the car and cops pursue Edwards, who fires at the officers. Edwards turns the gun on himself and crashes the car.

Now relatives of the Riverside family have filed a lawsuit\\xa0 against the Virginia sheriff\\u2019s office that hired Austin Edwards. Edwards was employed by the Washington County\\xa0 sheriff\\u2019s office.\\xa0 The teen\\u2019s aunt, Mychelle Blandin, claiming the agency did not do its due diligence in hiring Edwards.\\xa0 .

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

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• Darryl\\xa0Cohen\\xa0-\\xa0Former Assistant District Attorney, Fulton County, Georgia, Defense Attorney,\\xa0Cohen, Cooper, Estep, & Allen, LLC,\\xa0CCEAlaw.com\\xa0
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• Dr. Scott A. Johnson - Forensic Psychologist (Minnesota), 32 years specializing in addressing sexual predators, Author: "When \\u201cI Love You\\u201d Turns Violent" and "Physical Abusers & Sexual Offenders"
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• Dr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner State of Florida; Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine; Founder/Host: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference
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• \\xa0Detective Rich Wistocki: Child crime expert, president of BeSure Consulting for 30 years, decorated member of Law Enforcement, 23-year SWAT team member; Formed the Will County Illinois States Attorney\\u2019s High Technology Crimes Unit that made over 90 sexual predator arrests in its first 3 \\xbd years.\\xa0
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• \\xa0Titania Jordan \\xa0- Chief Parenting/Marketing Officer, Bark Technologies, Author: "Parenting In A Tech World;" Instagram/Twitter: @TitaniaJordan, @BarkTechnologies\\xa0
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• Kristen Quon - reporter WCYB, @WCYB_Quon\\xa0\\xa0
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• Dave Mack - CrimeOnline Investigative Reporter
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