Shopping Cart Serial Killer, Anthony Eugene Robinson, Washington, DC *GUILTY*

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The Shopping Cart Killer

Police work and the discovery of two more bodies near a small motel in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County on Wednesday revealed what officials believe is the rare case of a serial killer.

Robinson's attorney has not issued a statement, law enforcement officials said Friday.

According to an investigation by police in Fairfax County, D.C. and Harrisonburg, Robinson met women online, went to motels with them, killed them and then transported their remains in shopping carts.

“Our Shopping Cart Killer does unspeakable things with his victims,” said Davis, the Fairfax County police chief.
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‘Shopping Cart Killer' Investigated in Virginia, Remains Found in Fairfax Co.

Fairfax County police say they have “evidence of an alleged serial killer” after four bodies have been found in Virginia since August.
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Body of fifth victim may be linked to alleged 'shopping cart' serial killer | CNN

A man police have dubbed the “shopping cart killer” may be linked to the body of a fifth victim found in Washington, DC, authorities said on Friday.
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Anthony Robinson, 35, has already been charged with the killing of two women.

Investigators believe Robinson met his victims on dating websites and allegedly lured them into motels where he killed them and transported their bodies in shopping carts.

Police received a "critical tip" this week that might connect Robinson to another case in which a woman's body was found in a shopping cart in Washington, DC, Fairfax County Police Bureau Chief of Major Crimes Cyber and Forensics Ed O'Carroll said in a news conference on Friday.
 
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Bodies of 4 Women Found in Va. Believed to Be Victims of Alleged 'Shopping Cart Killer,' Police Say

Anthony Robinson is suspected to have killed at least four women across two different parts of Virginia
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Two of the victims, Allene Elizabeth "Beth" Redmon, 54, and Tonita Lorice "Nita" Smith, 39, were found dead last month in Harrisonburg. Authorities now believe that Robinson is also responsible for the death of a woman that they believe to be Cheyenne Brown, 29, as well as another victim, who has yet to be identified, from Fairfax.

"We're in the process of conducting, along with many other partners, a retrospective investigation to figure out where he's been," Davis said. "And we're going to work with our law enforcement partners, homicide detectives, missing person detectives, to see if we can identify any other victims and families and communities that he has brought harm to."
 
Trying to catch up on this.

Allene Redmon is survived by her mother, 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren, a brother and sister.

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Police in search of missing Harrisonburg woman

Family and friends report that Redmon was last seen on or around October 24, 2021.
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Daughter of alleged serial killer’s victim describes ‘the most hurtful thing’

Alleged serial killer Anthony Robinson, 35, of Washington, D.C. has been linked to at least four deaths, and authorities believe there may be more.
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Tonita Lorice Smith is survived by 6 children. Having trouble finding the surviving family info.

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Charlottesville police are asking for your help finding a missing woman. Tonita Lorice Smith was reported missing on November 19.
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D.C. police identify slain woman linked to accused serial killer​

A woman who was found dead in a shopping cart near Union Station last year and has been linked to a man police in Virginia have labeled a serial killer was the victim of a homicide, D.C. police said for the first time Tuesday.

Authorities publicly identified the victim as Sonya Champ, 40, of Northeast Washington. Her body was found Sept. 7, 2021, in the 200 block of F Street NE, near Stanton Park.

A spokeswoman for the D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said authorities have not been able to determine how Champ was killed. She declined to comment on how the death was ruled a homicide without such a finding. Police have said there were no obvious signs of trauma on her body.

In January, authorities in Fairfax County, Va., linked Champ’s death to a D.C. man they dubbed the “Shopping Cart Killer,” though she was not officially identified at the time, and her death had not formally been ruled a homicide. Dustin Sternbeck, a D.C. police spokesman, said Tuesday that that man in custody in Virginia is a suspect in Champ’s death, though no charges have been filed in connection with her case.

Anthony Robinson, 35, has been charged with murder and concealing bodies in the slaying of two women — Allene Elizabeth Redmon, 54, of Harrisonburg, and Tonita Lorice Smith, 39, of Charlottesville — in the Harrisonburg area last year.

Fairfax County police have also asserted that Robinson is connected to the killings of two other women whose bodies were found in a trash can along the Route 1 corridor in December. But no charges have been filed in those killings — of Cheyenne Brown, 29, of the District, and Stephanie Harrison, 48, of Redding, Calif.


Robinson is scheduled for a Sept. 12 court hearing in the Harrisonburg area in the cases involving Redmon and Smith.


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D.C. woman’s death ruled homicide, ‘shopping cart killer’ person of interest

Upon arrival, the members located an adult female, unconscious and unresponsive, inside of a shopping cart.
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D.C. woman’s death ruled homicide, ‘shopping cart killer’ person of interest​

Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide that occurred on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, in the 200 block of F Street, Northeast. Police confirm Anthony Robinson, the “shopping cart killer”, is a person of interest.

At approximately 11:30 a.m., members of the First District responded to the listed location for the report of an unconscious person. Upon arrival, the members located an adult female, unconscious and unresponsive, inside of a shopping cart.

DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the scene and discovered one of the victims displayed no signs consistent with life. The victim was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

The victim has been identified as 40-year-old Sonya Champ, of Northwest, D.C.


35-year-old Anthony Robinson, named the “shopping cart killer” by law enforcement, has been named a person of interest in this case.

The Metropolitan Police Department is offering a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for each homicide committed in the District of Columbia.
 
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‘Shopping cart killer’ suspect’s first trial delayed, awaiting sanity evaluation - WTOP News

The first trial for “shopping cart killer” suspect Anthony Eugene Robinson, which was scheduled to begin this August in Harrisonburg, Virginia, will be delayed.
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‘Shopping cart killer’ suspect’s first trial delayed, awaiting sanity evaluation​

The first trial for “shopping cart killer” suspect Anthony Eugene Robinson, which was scheduled to begin this August in Harrisonburg, Virginia, will be delayed, as his attorney has yet to receive a mental health evaluation to determine whether Robinson was insane when he allegedly killed two women in 2021.

Defense attorney Louis Nagy is considering an insanity defense in the deaths of 54-year-old Beth Redmon, of Harrisonburg, and 39-year-old Tonita Smith, of Charlottesville. In September of last year, Robinson was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in their deaths, and two counts for hiding their bodies.
 
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Woman Who Dated Alleged 'Shopping Cart' Serial Killer Reveals His Most Disturbing Behavior: 'Could Not Believe It'

Anthony Robinson is suspected by police of murdering six women
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Woman Who Dated Alleged 'Shopping Cart' Serial Killer Reveals His Most Disturbing Behavior: 'Could Not Believe It'​

In retrospect, there were many red flags that stood out to Monica White when she first met Anthony Robinson — the accused murderer who has since been dubbed the alleged "Shopping Cart Killer."

Robinson is now charged with first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Allene Redmon and Tonita Smith. He's considered a suspect in the killings of Stephanie Harrison, Cheyenne Brown, Sonya Champ and Skye Allen. Police believe Robinson transported the victims' bodies in a shopping cart before dumping their remains in vacant lots.

Robinson has pleaded not guilty to two murder charges and is currently awaiting trial in a Virginia jail. He has not been charged in the four other women’s deaths, which remain under investigation.
 
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Alleged 'shopping cart killer' won't claim insanity defense in Virginia double murder

A psychiatric evaluation has determined that a D.C. man known as the "shopping cart killer," was not criminally insane when he allegedly murdered two women
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Alleged 'shopping cart killer' won't claim insanity defense in Virginia double murder
A psychiatric evaluation has determined that Anthony Eugene Robinson, known as the “shopping cart killer,” was not criminally insane when he allegedly murdered two women in Harrisonburg, Virginia, back in 2021. This information was first reported by our news partners at WTOP News on Friday.
The Washington, D.C. man is also a suspect in three other deaths -- two in Fairfax County and one in D.C.--he has not been charged in either case


Robinson is scheduled to go on trial for first-degree murder on Sept. 23 for the death of 39-year-old Tonita Lorice Smith of Charlottesville. He will face another trial early next year for the death of 54-year-old Allene Elizabeth “Beth” Redmon of Harrisonburg.

Redmon and Smith's bodies were found near each other but their deaths occurred at different times.Robinson was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two felony counts of concealing, transporting or altering a dead body in those two homicides.

Meanwhile in Fairfax County, Robinson has not been charged with the deaths of Stephanie Harrison, 48, of California, and Cheyenne Brown, 29, of D.C. Their remains were found near a shopping cart by the Moon Inn motel.

Authorities said Robinson found his victims on dating sites -- like Plenty of Fish and Tagged -- and then met them at area motels. Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis said that Robinson inflicted trauma on his victims, and then killed them.

D.C. investigators were also looking into whether Robinson is connected to the death of Sonya Champ, whose body was found in a shopping cart in Northeast D.C.
 
I was thinking about the logistics of this just now for some reason.

I mean he met them at area motels after arranging on dating sites, and then got them into a shopping cart dead. So I'm guessing he brought his shopping cart with him to the hotel for the meeting. He has to get them out of the room and motel and into the cart and not only that but not be seen, hope no cameras and so on through all of it.

Then too he has to transport the dead bodies and dump them in lots and not be seen. Without looking back, unsure if known how far from the various motels but the post above sounds as if two were probably the same motel and the lot right nearby.

Sounds a lot more "hooking up" than dating sites.

Won't get time tonight but I'm curious on the motel and where he lived... Many motels rent weekly or monthly rooms and of course they have wifi and he met them on online sites. Shopping cart sounds like a homeless man BUT it could be something the motel keeps on hand IF they rent by the month, etc. Our apartment complex has at least three grocery carts people use who don't drive to cart things from Aldi nearby and just to move bigger items they bought or to move in with with smaller items even, filling such with loads.

Too often the RARE time we need one, like if I move some not huge items from my WI home to here, and a fair load in my car, we can never find one because people keep them in their apartments when they think they are going to be using for days, etc.

I'm just saying, why is there a cart at the motel or how does he get such there and how it is not removed by personnel at the motel if they see or find such there...

So there's more to that part I think.

Maybe it's explained in some links, but I don't recall such.

If one goes back it does say motels plural but the two above were same motel and same basics dumping ground nearby...

They have a man detained and even if not charged for all yet, no mystery likely as to who the perp is. I'm just wondering how he did all this... My guess is he is an older motel staying weekly or monthly person perhaps... At least at times?

Or have I simply forgotten a lot we did know but I haven't read in awhile?

Just some thoughts.
 
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Alleged ‘Shopping Cart Killer’ denied joint trial

At a pre-trial hearing, Anthony Robinson and his defense team were denied a request to consolidate Robinson’s two trials into one bigger trial.
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Alleged ‘Shopping Cart Killer’ denied joint trial​

At a pre-trial hearing, Anthony Robinson and his defense team were denied a request to consolidate Robinson’s two trials into one bigger trial.

On Sept. 30, 2024, Robinson’s defense attorneys — Louis Nagy and Scott Hanson — made several motions and responses to Marsha Garst — the Rockingham County Commonwealth’s Attorney — about the status of the “Shopping Cart Killer” case moving forward.

One of the motions from Nagy was about using nicknames throughout the trial. Police had given Robinson the nickname “Shopping Cart Killer” because investigators who linked Robinson to the murders claimed he disposed of the bodies using shopping carts. Garst agreed to not use the name “Shopping Cart Killer” but insisted the judge allow her to continue using “serial killer” in the trial. She said the nature of the crimes — multiple murders with sadomasochistic findings — fit the definition of “serial killer.” Nagy argued Virginia has no definition of a serial killer, therefore it would be inappropriate to refer to Robinson by it.

The judge agreed with Nagy and allowed the motion.

In a separate motion, the defense asked the judge and the Commonwealth to merge the two trials and all the charges into one trial date in January. Nagy said the two separate trials could be messy because they’ll be two separate juries reviewing nearly identical arguments. On the off chance the two juries disagreed with convictions — one convicted Robinson and the other did not — Nagy said it would be unprecedented and there would be a lot up in the air.

Garst didn’t refuse the motion to join the trials — she did however only agree if it would stay consistent to the September date because delaying the trial further will “torture the family even more.”

The judge took a short recess — and denied the defense’s motion. He said combining the two trials might make it longer than scheduled and it could be difficult to schedule a day around the trial where the court would be available.

Nagy also made a motion to prevent the Commonwealth from using prior bad acts evidence. Previously, WHSV reported on Robinson allegedly connected to murders happening in different parts of the D.C., Maryland and Virginia areas. Nagy said since no cause of death has been found in any of the previous murders Robinson is alleged to have committed, it would introduce prejudiced evidence if the Commonwealth used any of these cases as part of their prosecution.

Garst said the cases were “beyond a strong resemblance” and the connections can help identify a motive in the case.

The judge allowed the Commonwealth to use the evidence.
 
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First ‘shopping cart killer’ trial delayed; judge OKs joint trial in deaths of two Virginia women - WTOP News

The first trial of Anthony Eugene Robinson, who is charged with killing two women in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and suspected in the deaths of three additional women in the D.C. area, has been postponed.
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First ‘shopping cart killer’ trial delayed; judge OKs joint trial in deaths of two Virginia women​

The first trial of Anthony Eugene Robinson, who is charged in the deaths of two women in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and suspected in the deaths of two additional women in Fairfax County and another one in D.C., has been postponed.

Robinson was set to begin a five-day trial on Sept. 23, in connection to the death of 39-year-old Tonita Smith, of Charlottesville. Early next year, he was scheduled to face a similar trial in the death of 54-year-old Beth Redmon, of Harrisonburg.

Louis Nagy, the attorney for Robinson, argued the judge should exclude DNA evidence that prosecutors said links Robinson to the death of Sonya Champ, whose body was found in 2021 in Northeast D.C. Although the test was done in 2022, Nagy said he first learned of it 18 days before trial, while statute requires he receive discovery 21 days before trial.

Rockingham County Commonwealth’s Attorney Marsha Garst filed a motion to continue the trial in Smith’s death to January, and to prosecute it jointly with the previously scheduled trial in Redmon’s death.

Last week, Garst had objected, and prevailed, when Nagy had made a similar request to postpone and join the cases, saying a delay would be unfair to the victims’ families.

Thursday, Judge Bruce Albertson ruled the deaths of both women would be tried in a single case, scheduled for Jan. 27 through Feb. 4, 2025.
 
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The alleged ‘Shopping Cart Killer’ faces trial soon. Here’s what you need to know

Anthony Robinson is set to face a Rockingham jury on Monday after years of court hearings and investigations.
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The alleged ‘Shopping Cart Killer’ faces trial soon. Here’s what you need to know​

Anthony Robinson is set to face a Rockingham jury on Monday after years of court hearings and investigations.

On Nov. 24, 2021, the Harrisonburg Police Department found two people dead — Beth Redmon and Tonita Smith — on a vacant lot across the street from Lowe’s and behind the Howard Johnson hotel parking lot. Once HPD reported the crime, officials from different localities contacted the department because they had cases similar to the one HPD had. This was the birth of the “Shopping Cart Killer” nickname. Investigators coined the name “Shopping Cart Killer” because the bodies of the victims were dumped off in shopping carts after they were killed.

In police reports, Robinson was the last person seen with both victims, but the victims were not killed on the same night. According to court records, the victims’ deaths were around a month apart. One body was found much more decomposed than the other.

In those same police reports, Robinson was allegedly the last person to be seen with the victims after security footage showed the women entering Robinson’s rented-out room at the Howard Johnson hotel in Harrisonburg. HPD said Robinson would allegedly lure his victims through the “Plenty of Fish” dating app — a mobile application where single people can meet other singles.

After Robinson was arrested, police probed his phone as part of the investigation. Records indicate thousands of pornographic site URLs were in Robinson’s history. These URLs and his search history pattern were entered as evidence because the titles of the videos described women who resembled the Harrisonburg victims.

In 2024, Robinson’s defense team — Louis Nagy and Scott Hanson — were informed that the psychological test ordered for Robinson said he was not eligible for the insanity plea.

The trial was originally split between his murder charges and his aggravated murder charges. However, days before the first trial was supposed to begin in September 2024, the defense and prosecutors agreed to unite the trials into one longer trial.

WHSV will be in the courtroom bringing updates every day while the trial goes on.
 
Hopefully he will be put away soon for more than once life sentence. I don't believe this is a DP case but if it is, hopefully he gets that.
 
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Robinson found guilty in Harrisonburg shopping cart murders

On the fourth day of trial, a jury found Anthony Robinson guilty of murdering two women in Harrisonburg in 2021. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.
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Robinson found guilty in Harrisonburg shopping cart murders​

On the fourth day of trial, a jury found Anthony Robinson guilty of murdering two women in Harrisonburg in 2021. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

The jury deliberated for less than an hour on Thursday before finding Anthony Eugene Robinson guilty of all six counts he was charged with in the deaths of Allene "Beth" Redmon and Tonita Lorice Smith. He had met both women on dating apps and invited them to his motel room at the Howard Johnson in Harrisonburg, where he was staying as an employee of Pilgrim's Pride.


Robinson was convicted of two counts of first degree murder, two counts of aggravated murder for killing multiple people within three years, and two counts of concealing a dead body.


The jury recommended Robinson be sentenced to four life sentences for the murder charges, plus 10 years for concealing the bodies – the maximum amount of time possible – and a $400,000 fine. The judge ordered a presentence investigation report to be assembled before he rules on the final sentence on September 17. In Virginia, aggravated murder carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.https://www.facebook.com/dialog/sha...-guilty-in-harrisonburg-shopping-cart-murders
 
Wow, under an hour and recommending four life sentences plus. This prosecution proved their case, the jury was paying attn and needed little time to come to this conclusion.

Awesome job. The streets are safer with him off of them imo.
 
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