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Amaphoyisa aseVirginia State manje asola “iphutha lomuntu” ngokuqashwa kwale nhlangano u-Austin Lee Edwards, iphoyisa elabulala ugogo nomama wentombazane yaseCalifornia eneminyaka engu-15 “izinhlanzi” ku-inthanethi.
“Iphutha lomuntu liholele ekutheni kube nombuzo ongaphelele ku-database ngesikhathi sokuqashwa kuka-Edward,” kusho okhulumela amaphoyisa aseVirginia State Police uCorinne Geller esitatimendeni esikhishwe ngoLwesithathu.
Isitatimende silingana nokuvuma ukuthi i-ejensi bekumele yazi ngesigameko sango-2016, kubikwe kuqala yiThe Times ngoLwesibili, lapho u-Edwards eboshelwe ukuhlolwa kwengqondo ngemuva kokusabisa ngokubulala uyise kanye naye. Ngokusho kwe-Abingdon, Va., Umbiko wamaphoyisa otholwe yiThe Times ngesicelo samarekhodi omphakathi, u-Edward uvalelwe esitokisini ngemuva kokumnquma isandla kanti ochwepheshe bezimo eziphuthumayo kwadingeka babize amaphoyisa ukuze amsize.
Ama-EMTs, ephelezelwa ngamaphoyisa, ayisa u-Edward esibhedlela sendawo, lapho aboshwa khona ngaphansi komyalelo wokugcinwa eziphuthumayo. Kamuva ngalo lolo suku, ijaji lagunyaza incwadi yokuvalelwa isikhashana futhi u-Edwards wadluliselwa esikhungweni sezengqondo sendawo.
Uyise ka-Edward utshele amaphoyisa ukuthi akazi ukuthi kungani indodana yakhe izilimaza kodwa wathi kungenzeka ukuthi kuhlobene nezinkinga nentombi yakhe yangaleso sikhathi, ngokombiko wamaphoyisa.
Esitatimendeni esithunyelwe yiphephandaba iThe Times, uGeller uthe amaphoyisa aseVirginia State amaphoyisa abengeke aqashe noma yiliphi iphoyisa abaziyo ukuthi liboshiwe ngaphansi kwencwadi egunyazwe ukuthi agcinwe esitokisini kanye ne-oda lokuvalelwa isikhashana.
UGeller unqabile ukusho ukuthi ngabe inqubo yokuhlola isizinda sezwe ngabe idalule yini noma i-oda.
Amasosha alindelekile kudingeka ukuthi adalule ukusebenzisana kwabomthetho ngisho noma bengaboshwa. Kodwa u-Edward akakaze asidalule isigameko sango-2016, kusho uGeller.
Umbiko wamaphoyisa ase-Abingdon, okuyirekhodi lomphakathi, uchaze kabanzi ngesigameko esinodlame sango-2016 futhi wabhekisela kuyo yomibili incwadi yesiboshwa esiphuthumayo kanye nomyalelo wokuboshwa kwesikhashana. Amaphoyisa aseVirginia State awashongo ukuthi ngabe umbiko wamaphoyisa bekumele uvele yini ngesikhathi ebheka isizinda sawo e-Edward.
UGeller wenqabile ukuphawula ngezimo ezithile ezithinta ukugcinwa kuka-Edward kanye nemiyalelo yokuboshwa, wathi umnyango uvinjelwe ngumthetho ukuthi uxoxe ngamarekhodi ayimfihlo, naphezu kokuthi lawo marekhodi enziwe obala ngoLwesibili yijaji laseWashington County ephendula isicelo esifakwe yiThe Times. .
Amaphoyisa aseRiverside athi u-Edward, 28, uziveze njengomuntu oneminyaka engu-17 ubudala ngesikhathi ekhuluma nentombazane ku-inthanethi. NgoNovemba, washayela izwe lonke waya emzini wakhe oseRiverside wabulala umndeni wakhe ngaphambi kokushisa umuzi wahamba nentombazane.
Izikhulu zaseSan Bernardino County ziqale zathi u-Edward wabulawa ngesikhathi edubulana namaphoyisa ngemuva kokuthi amaphoyisa emise imoto yakhe. Kodwa uMnyango weSan Bernardino County Sheriff uthe ngesonto eledlule u-Edward ushone ngenxa yenxeba lokuzidubula. Intombazane yayingalimele.
UGeller uthe uMnyango ukholelwa ukuthi lesi sikhalazo sisodwa futhi uthatha izinyathelo zokuqinisekisa ukuthi iphutha aliphindi ukuya phambili. Uphinde wathi u-Edward wabuyisela zonke izinto zakhe ezisetshenziswa uhulumeni, okuhlanganisa nezikhali zakhe, ngosuku lwakhe lokugcina eqashiwe.
Ihhovisi likaSheriff eWashington County, lapho u-Edwards esebenze khona isikhashana ngemuva kokushiya iVirginia State Police, lenqabile ukuphawula.
