Police say serial killer behind murders
FAIRFAX, Va. — Police in Virginia say the discovery of four bodies at two different locations in the state are believed to be the work of a serial killer who used a shopping cart to transport his victims’ bodies after meeting the people on dating sites.
In a news conference Friday, Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis dubbed the suspect, 35-year-old Anthony Robinson of Washington, D.C., the “shopping cart killer” and said police are working to determine if there are other victims.
Davis said Robinson, who was taken into custody in Rockingham County last month, has lived in multiple locations, including New York and Maryland, in recent years.
Police in Harrisonburg charged Robinson with two counts of murder after finding two bodies in a vacant lot in the city.
After Robinson’s arrest, police searched an area in Fairfax County south of Alexandria. During the search, detectives noticed a shopping cart and recalled that a cart had been used to transport the bodies in the Harrisonburg cases.
Near the shopping cart was a large plastic container that held the remains of two women. The three victims who have been identified all disappeared within the past few months. Police say they are researching Robinson’s life going back many years to see if there might be more victims.
Harrisonburg Police Chief Kelley Warner said Robinson has not given police any kind of cooperative statement since his arrest.
Robinson’s lawyer, Louis Nagy, declined to comment on the substance of the charges against his client in Harrisonburg.