Family of Teen Kidnapped by Catfishing Deputy Sues Sheriff’s Office: ‘Destroyed our family’
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The Virginia sheriff’s deputy who sexually extorted a California teen before killing her mother and grandparents and then setting their home on fire should never have been hired, according to a new lawsuit filed by the teen’s family, ABC7 reports. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in federal court in California, alleges that the Washington County Sheriff’s …