Austin Lee Edwards, the now-deceased Virginia cop who drove to California and killed three relatives of a 15-year-old girl he "catfished" online, groomed another teenager online years before November's slayings, thousands of chat messages obtained by The Times indicate.⁠ ⁠ The messages show that Edwards repeatedly pressured her to share nude photos of herself — even after she disclosed that she was barely a teenager. The Times does not generally identify victims of child sexual abuse.⁠ ⁠ *If you or someone you know needs help, contact the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network’s sexual assault hotline at (800) 656-4673 or visit the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.⁠ ⁠ Dialing 988 will route callers to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, accessible across the U.S. Text “HOME” to 741741 in the U.S. and Canada to reach the Crisis Text Line.*⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in bio