True Crime Friday: Anthony Robinson, the Shopping Cart serial killer
Anthony Eugene Robinson was born September 3, 1986. He murdered at least six women in the Washington, D.C., area. He is known as the Shopping Cart Serial Killer because he was homeless and used his shopping cart to dispose of his murder victims. Robinson gained the moniker of the Shopping Cart Serial Killer is because that was his main transport when disposing of bodies.
The Early Childhood of Anthony Robinson
Not much is known about his early childhood although he did tell one of his victims that he had sexual relations with a preschool teacher. I am guessing his home life was troubled. Because of his relationship with the older preschool teacher, he preferred to date older women. Anthony Robinson worked for a waste management company before he was arrested for murder. Prior to his arrest he had no criminal record. He was homeless and lived in many states including New York, Maryland and Virginia.The Victims of Anthony Robinson
- Allene Elizabeth Redmon, 54
- Tonita Smith, 39
- Cheyenne Brown, 29
- Stephanie Harrison, 48
- Sonya Champ, 40
- Skye Allen, 30 (Fiancées)
The Survivor of Anthony Robinson
- Monica White
Robinson met his victims on a dating app. His last victim was Monica White. Robinson flew to Pennsylvania to meet her. He insisted on moving in with her on their first date. He told her that he did not react well to being rejected. During their conversations Robinson told White he had a son who had died as an infant, and a school-aged daughter. A month after his first visit, Robinson visited again, booking a one-way ticket, informing White he planned to stay in Pennsylvania. She advised him that the relationship was over and gave him twenty dollars to buy a return ticket home. He stayed in Pennsylvania and continued to contact her. She stopped taking his calls.
Lady Justice
Anthony Robinson met two other women at a Howard Johnson Hotel. Security cameras footage showed Allene Redmon arriving at the hotel room around 6p.m., on the day she was murdered. At 4 a.m., the next day Robinson is caught on camera removing her body from the room. He took the bedcovers and transported her body in a shopping cart out of the hotel. Robinson was arrested on November 23, 2021. The video footage saw similar action of Robinson removing Tonita Smith body which was also removed from the hotel room in a shopping cart. Anthony Eugene Robinson was arrested and charged with the murders of Beth Redmon and Tonita Smith. January 2025, Robinson went on trial for their murders.His attorney named Nagy argued that it was impossible to know what happened in the hotel rooms the day of the victims’ demise. On May 22, 2026, Anthony Eugene Robinson was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of Redmon and Smith. He later confessed to the other murders while serving his sentence in a state prison.