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RICHMOND, Va. -- The former Virginia State Police Trooper who police said traveled to California in November 2022 to kill three family members of a 15-year-old girl he tried to sexually extort online had voluntarily checked himself into a mental health facility in 2016, according to Austin Edwards' state police polygraph result.
The polygraph was conducted as part of Edwards' hiring process in 2021.
Corinne Geller, a Virginia State Police (VSP) spokesperson, previously said that at no time during the background check done on Edwards, were there any indicators of concern. She also said Edwards never disclosed any incidents that would have disqualified him from employment with the VSP.
"The applicant stated in the pre-test interview that he had voluntarily checked into a mental health facility in 2016," the examiner wrote in the polygraph results the CBS 6 Problem Solvers obtained from Jeff Pike.
Pike worked in law enforcement before becoming a private investigator at Complete Surveillance and Investigative Services in Wytheville, Virginia.
"The reason I have the information I have is because there are still good people who are upset over this," Pike said.
Pike said he confirmed the document's validity with multiple law enforcement sources.
The Los Angeles Times, which first reported the story, also said it confirmed the documents' legitimacy through sources.
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