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"It was a messed-up day. A lot of things went wrong."

Robert James Anderson was a pedophilic killer responsible for the murder of five-year-old Audra Ann Reeves.

Background
Anderson was born in Great Lakes, Illinois, on May 29, 1966. He had two sisters and two stepsisters. For reasons unknown, he developed a morbidly sexual fascination with young girls, which included his sisters and stepsisters, whom he would repeatedly sexually and/or physically assault for several years. In his adult life, Anderson eventually married a mentally-handicapped woman named Debbie, whom he physically abused. During their marriage, he tried to sexually assault a two-year-old girl Debbie was babysitting, but was caught by her. Anderson also had a tendency to drive to a local park to watch children there, or watch children from his apartment window, before going into the bathroom to masturbate. At some point during his life (details become confusing at this point), he was sent to the Methodist Children's Home and then hospitalized due to his obsession with young girls. Anderson was later released, and he moved to Amarillo, Texas, apparently recently having a divorce with Debbie. There, he received a job as a security officer.

Modus Operandi
In his early years, Anderson mostly targeted his own sisters and stepsisters, physically and/or sexually assaulting them. When he attacked Audra Ann Reeves, Anderson sexually assaulted her. Then, he beat her with a pipe and stabbed her with a paring knife and a barbecue fork before fatally drowning her.

Known Victims

 * Unspecified dates:
 * Rebekah Anderson, 5
 * Myra Jean Anderson
 * Helena Cristina Garza
 * Carla Rene Burch
 * Debbie Kay Anderson
 * Unnamed two-year-old girl
 * 1992:
 * Unspecified date: Jeremiah Anderson, 6
 * June 9: Audra Ann Reeves, 5

On Criminal Minds
Anderson was mentioned in the Season Three episode Penelope alongside serial killers Ted Bundy and Edmund Kemper as examples of killers who appeared to gain sadistic satisfaction out of gaining the trust of their victims and out of lulling them into a false sense of security.