Officials said evidence found in Virginia suggested the existence of a serial killer who might be responsible for approximately four murders, Fox 5 reported Friday.
Throughout an interview, cops explained Anthony Robinson as the “Shopping Cart Killer,” the outlet stated.
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Published by Fairfax County Police Department on Friday, December 17, 2021
Authorities said he satisfied victims through dating sites, then fulfilled them at motels where he allegedly beat them to death and moved their bodies to another place.
“He’s a predator as all serial killers are,” Fairfax County Police Department Chief Kevin Davis stated. “He does offensive things with his victims.”
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— New York Post (@nypost) December 17, 2021
Authorities said the recent remains lay Wednesday in a woody location. The remains were inside a container put near a shopping cart in the 2400 block of Fairhaven Avenue in Alexandria.
In a social media post on Friday, the department shared an image of what appeared to be the shopping cart:
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— Fairfax County Police (@FairfaxCountyPD) December 17, 2021
The Fox report continued:
2 other bodies were discovered in Harrisonburg on Nov. 23, 2021. Authorities recognized the victims as Allene Elizabeth Redmon, 54, of Harrisonburg, Virginia and Tonita Lorice Smith, 39, of Charlottesville. Authorities state their bodies were likewise transported into the woods in a shopping cart. They believe another victim is Cheyenne Brown, a missing out on Washington, D.C. woman since of a tattoo they found on the body.
A fourth victim has yet to be identified, nevertheless, authorities said they are working leads regarding a victim reported missing out on in the location where the body was discovered.
“We have a serial killer. The good thing is, he remains in custody. The difficulty that remains is identifying other victims,” Davis stated Friday. “We remain in the procedure of conducting, together with lots of other partners, a retrospective examination to figure out where he’s been.”
“And we’re going to learn precisely where he’s been and we’re going to deal with our law enforcement partners, murder detectives, missing out on individual investigators, to see if we can identify any other victims and families and neighborhoods he has brought damage to,” he concluded.