'Shopping cart killer' behind at least 4 Virginia slayings

[Sugar Cookie]

A Washington, D.C., man charged last week in the murders of two women is a person of interest in an active missing persons case in the District, both Harrisonburg and Metropolitan police say.

Harrisonburg police said the man, 35-year-old Anthony Robinson, is charged in the deaths of two women whose bodies were found the night of Nov. 24 in a vacant lot in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Police identified the victims as Allene Elizabeth "Beth" Redmon, 54, of Harrisonburg, and Tonita Lorice Smith, 39, of Charlottesville.

Harrisonburg and Charlottesville police were searching separately for the two women when both investigations drew them to a vacant lot off Linda Lane, where Harrisonburg detectives found their bodies. The two victims were found in the same lot within a short distance of each other, but authorities said they died at different times.

D.C. police have so far declined to provide details on the missing persons case in which Robinson is a person of interest.

A Harrisonburg police spokesperson said the missing person from D.C. is a woman. The spokesperson said D.C. homicide detectives were in Harrisonburg on Friday as they continued to investigate.

Several jurisdictions across Northern Virginia are also investigating whether Robinson might be a person of interest in any of their open cases, the Harrisonburg police spokesperson said.

Robinson, a D.C. resident, is being held without bail in Harrisonburg.

He is charged there with two counts of first-degree murder and two felony counts of concealing, transporting or altering a dead body.

Man Charged in Killings of 2 Women in Va. Also Eyed in DC Missing Persons Case

A Washington, D.C., man charged last week in the murders of two women is a person of interest in an active missing persons case in the District, both Harrisonburg and Metropolitan police say.

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Tonita was a mother of six children.

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[Satanica]

Virginia police on Friday said they arrested an alleged serial killer who they say is behind four homicides in the state since August.

They said the alleged serial killer, Anthony Robinson, 35, has been dubbed "the shopping cart killer" because of his modus operandi.

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Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis was joined by Harrisonburg Police Chief Kelley Warner and Forensics Maj. Ed O'Carroll who spoke Friday at a press conference and said four victims have been found since August, with remains of one found Wednesday "tucked away in an isolated wooded area."

"The remains were in a container near a shopping cart in the 2400 block of Fairhaven Avenue in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County," police said in a statement.

NBC Washington reported that Harrisonburg Police recently arrested and charged a man with the murders of two women, one of them from Harrisonburg, whose bodies were found Nov. 24 in Charlottesville.

Allene Redmon and Tonita Smith

The bodies of Tonita Lorice Smith, 39, and Allene Elizabeth Redmon, 54, were found in the same location earlier that day, though police believe they died at separate times.

Now, authorities with the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police say Robinson is a person of interest in a third woman’s disappearance, according to People. Police have not yet named the third woman in their investigation.


Allene Redmon was reported missing by family and friends on Oct. 24, 2021, when she failed to show up for work or return to her Harrisonburg apartment, according to Harrisonburg Police. Those closest to Redmon said her absence was out of character.


Separately, the Charlottesville Police Department announced that Tonita Smith of Charlottesville, Virginia, was reported missing on Nov. 19, 2021. She was last seen on Nov. 14, and was believed to be traveling to Harrisonburg, some 60 miles away.
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The Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office had yet to determine a time and cause of death for each victim.

Police say they are not pursuing any further suspects in the case.

There are two URL's because I did a mash-up of both when posting.

'Shopping cart killer' behind at least 4 Virginia slayings, police say

"We have a serial killer. The good thing is he's in custody," said Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis.

www.nbcnews.com

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[Sugar Cookie]

Thread already exists

https://www.dreamindemon.com/community/threads/dc-man-charged-with-killing-2-women-named-person-of-interest-in-missing-person-case.127799/

If and when they are merged @Satanica I am going to change to your title:

'Shopping cart killer' behind at least 4 Virginia slayings​

 

[Satanica]

Sorry about that! I don't have a problem with changing the title.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

@Satanica

I like your title better - thanks for letting me take it.

 

[Metalfan]

New season of Dexter is better than I thought it would be!

 

[Sejanus]

Nuts, evil or both?

 

[Satanica]

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Anthony Robinson, 35, was arrested last month and charged with two counts of first-degree murder after the bodies of two women were found in an open lot in Harrisonburg—but now investigators have found two more bodies in Fairfax County and believe at least one of the suspected victims was last seen with Robinson before she disappeared, according to a press conference on the latest developments.

“We have a serial killer,” Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said. “The good thing is he’s in custody, the challenge that remains is identifying other victims.”


According to Davis, Robinson allegedly met his victims on dating sites, lured the women to motels and killed them by causing “trauma to the body.”

“After he inflicts trauma to his victims and kills them, he transports their body to their final resting place literally in a shopping cart and there’s video to that effect,” Davis said.

He accused Robinson, who has no prior criminal record, of preying on the weak.
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Suspected Serial Killer, Dubbed The ‘Shopping Cart Killer,’ Found His Victims On Dating Sites, Authorities Say

Virginia Police have linked the murders of four women to a suspected serial killer, who they’ve dubbed the “Shopping Cart Killer” and say there could be more victims. Anthony Robinson, 35, was arreste...

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[Anubis]

At first I thought he might be killing homeless women and stashing them in their shopping carts. Then I read he met these women via a dating site, so does that mean he provided the shopping carts? How long did he think it would take before he got caught wheeling these bodies around? The sad answer being at least 4 months that we know of.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

During a press conference from the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia on Friday, 48-year-old Redding woman, Stephanie Harrison, was confirmed as a victim of the alleged "shopping cart serial killer."

Harrison went missing on August 19 of 2021 after a flier from The Aware Foundation said she traveled to Washington DC. The flier also says her sister reviewed her bank records that showed she checked into the Moon Inn Motel in Alexandria Virginia. This is where authorities say Robinson met at least two of his victims after meeting them on a dating site.

Police say Anthony Eugene Robinson, 35, used a shopping cart to transport his victim’s bodies into a wooded area that was later found near the Moon Inn. A container next to the shopping cart had two sets of human remains—both confirmed Brown and Harrison.

"Robinson is awaiting trials for the murders of two women in Harrisonburg Virginia. He transported the bodies of these women in a shopping cart," said Chief Davis. "We believe he transported at least one of our Fairfax County victims in a shopping cart as well."

"Just this week, we received a tip—critical tip, that our person of interest may be linked to another case where a woman was found deceased in a shopping cart in Washington D.C. My detectives immediately contacted the Metropolitan DC Police Department to share this information. That deceased woman, in a shopping cart, was covered only with a blanket. We believe this may be Anthony Eugene Robinson's fifth victim," said Fairfax County Police Department Major Crimes Chief, Ed O'Carroll. "This is based on digital evidence that puts him in the same vicinity around the time of the victim's disappearance."

Robinson is currently being held at the Rockingham County Jail in Virginia without bond.

Redding woman confirmed 4th victim of alleged "shopping cart serial killer"

During a press conference from the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia on Friday, 48-year-old Redding woman, Stephanie Harrison, was confirmed as a victim of the alleged "shopping cart serial killer. " "DNA evidence has confirmed the IDs of Cheyenne Brown, 29-years-old of Washington D. C.

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[Sugar Cookie]

Another victim