Federal suit progresses against sheriff’s office that hired deputy that murdered Riverside family

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A federal lawsuit alleging gross negligence against a Virginia law enforcement agency for hiring a deputy who went on to kill a Riverside couple and their daughter in order to abduct the youngest member of the household before killing himself is gradually proceeding toward trial, the plaintiffs said today.

The estate of Mark James Winek and his wife, Sharie Anne Winek, filed suit against the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in 2023 over alleged deficiencies in the hiring of 28-year-old Austin Lee Edwards of North Chesterfield, Virginia.

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