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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley

Relative of teenage ‘catfishing’ victim whose family were killed by deputy speaks out

Riverside Police Department

A California woman whose sister and parents were allegedly shot dead by a police officer in a “catfish” triple homicide says the suspect had betrayed his oath and “preyed on the most vulnerable”.

Mychelle Blankin wept at a news conference on Wednesday as she paid emotional tribute to her parents Mark Winek, 69, mother, Sharie Winek, 65, and sister Brooke Winek, 39, who police say were killed at their home in Riverside, California, by Virginia cop Austin Lee Edwards on 25 November.

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