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‘It can happen anywhere.’ Riverside ‘catfishing’ triple homicide victims’ family member asks parents to warn about predators

A woman whose parents and sister were killed last week in the alleged “catfish” triple homicide in Riverside, California, is urging families to speak to their children about online safety. Michelle Blandin, whose father, Mark Winek, 69, mother, Sharie Winek, 65, and sister, Brooke Winek, 39, were killed November 25, warned parents to monitor their

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Indio man accused of killing family member, injured two others pleads not guilty to murder

A 34-year-old man suspected of stabbing three of his family members, one fatally, following a dispute in Indio, pleaded not guilty to murder today. In addition to the murder charge, Anthony William Piña-German of Indio was charged with two felony counts of attempted murder, according to court records. He also faces sentence-enhancing allegations of using

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Multi-convicted DUI offender pleads not guilty in crash that killed local deputy and his daughter

A multi-convicted DUI offender accused of killing an off-duty Riverside County sheriff’s deputy and his 19-year-old daughter in a driving-under-the-influence wreck north of San Jacinto pleaded not guilty today to two counts of second-degree murder and other charges.   Scott Brandon Bales, 47, of Moreno Valley, was arrested earlier this month following the collision that claimed

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Ex-Virginia state trooper accused of catfishing Riverside teen before killing her family, police say

A former Virginia police officer, believed to have murdered a teenager’s family in Riverside after “catfishing” her online, was killed in a shootout while trying to flee authorities, the city’s police department said in a news release. Austin Lee Edwards The suspect was identified as Austin Lee Edwards, 28, of North Chesterfield Virginia. Detectives learned Edwards

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Riverside triple homicide update: Suspect killed following pursuit with deputies

UPDATE 11/28/22: NEW DETAILS: Ex-Virginia state trooper accused of catfishing Riverside teen before killing her family, police say Police said the murders of a husband and wife and their daughter in Riverside stemmed from a catfishing incident involving the teenage daughter of one of the victims. Riverside County Sheriff deputies from the Morongo station and sheriff’s

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Multi-convicted DUI offender charged with killing local deputy and his daughter in crash

A multi-convicted DUI offender accused of killing an off-duty local Riverside County sheriff’s deputy and his 19-year-old daughter in a driving-under-the-influence wreck north of San Jacinto was charged today with two counts of second-degree murder. Scott Brandon Bales, 47, of Moreno Valley was arrested Sunday following the collision that claimed the lives of sheriff’s Corporal

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Daily Mail: Former local resident convicted of fraud befriends Ghislaine Maxwell in federal prison

According to the Daily Mail, convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has befriended a former Rancho Mirage woman convicted of fraud. The Daily Mail is reporting Maxwell is making friends with high-profile women in her federal prison including, they say, Linda Morrow, 70, who helped her plastic surgeon husband, David Morrow, bilk insurers out of millions.

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