Robert Johnson

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Robert Johnson is a serial killer who appeared in "The Internet Is Forever".

Background
Robert was born on February 6, 1976 in Boise, Idaho. On May 5, 2002, he was arrested for three counts of possession of torture videos, for which he was sentenced to two years of rehabilitation in a halfway house (his arrest record mentions that he suffered from sexual addiction) but escaped in June 2003. He eventually got a job as an Internet installer for Meridian Telecom using an alias. He would then, without the company's knowledge, go around knocking on doors asking people if the wanted free fibre optics installation. The company eventually found out about this and he was subsequently fired.

Sometime after losing his job, Robert began serial killing, stalking women whose facial symmetry matched his own, eventually reusing his fibre optic cable installation ruse to get into their homes, where he would hide miniature cameras, in order to know when it would be safe to break back in, and plant more cameras. After a few days, Robert would enter in the middle of the night, and strangle the woman to death, using his cameras and fibre optic connection to broadcast the murders live for a select few (who he would send illegal videos to as "collateral" in case they turned on him). Robert placed the bodies of his victims in a walk-in freezer he had acquired from local businessman Austin Chapman, who also watched his videos, and to make sure no one realized something was off, would make it appear as if his victims were still alive by hacking their social networking accounts, where he posted (under their identity) about going on vacation.

The Internet Is Forever
Robert claims his third victim, Doris Archer, disabling her security system with the correct codes, and letting her dog (familiar with him from previous entries) out. Later, Robert is shown is checking the social networking profiles of a woman named Allison Kittridge, who he eventually spies on in person at a cafe, watching as she updates her profile.

Later, outside Allison's home, Robert watches a press conference being held by JJ and Detective John Fordham, who show a composite sketch of him, and advise the public to be cautious online. When a reporter mentions the theory that the killer targets women whose facial symmetry match his own, Robert is clearly perturbed, and proceeds to close his laptop and attach a mini-cam to himself. Thrown off by the press conference, Robert does not wait for Allison to go to bed, and instead barges in, and strangles her to death while she is in the kitchen, removing his planted cameras afterward, but neglecting to take the fibre optic cable. After putting Allison's body in the freezer with the rest, Robert sends out a mass email to his fans, telling them that since the FBI is watching, his next murder, which he intends to commit tomorrow, will be the best yet.

When the time comes, Robert abducts Lucy Masters, and takes her to the freezer, leaving a mini-cam on her television. When Morgan and Prentiss, having discerned Lucy is the next victim, inspect her home, Robert remotely activates the television, which displays the bound and gagged Lucy. Having gotten the full attention of the BAU, Robert puts on his gloves and mask, and begins to strangle Lucy, only to have his connection interrupted by Garcia. Robert tries to reestablish the connection, but is unable to, and grows enraged, knocking objects aside as he pulls off his mask and makes his way back to Lucy, who begins choking again, harder than before. Before he can kill the woman, Robert is pulled off her by Morgan and Detective Fordham, who had discovered his location by tracking down and interrogating Austin. As he is being hauled away, Robert tells Prentiss and Morgan that they will never understand why he did it, but all his fans out there will.

Modus Operandi
Robert would set up a number of different cameras inside his victims' houses and then stream the murders live into a chat room. All the cameras are set on Robert, to make as good a show as possible. To avoid being tracked down by the police, Robert would use a number of proxy servers to hide his identity. As he is also a narcissistic killer and found out the BAU was watching him, he began escalating between the murders. He targeted Caucasian women whose facial symmetry was the same as his. Usually striking at night, Robert would discreetly sneak into his victims' homes, allowing any eventual pets to leave, go to the victim's bedroom while she was asleep and kill her by manually strangling her. He always avoided leaving behind any forensic evidence. Robert would bring the bodies with him after each murder and then hang them in a freezer, which Austin Chapman lent him. In order to buy himself some time, he would use his victims' social network site accounts to trick their friends and family into believing they went on a trip or on vacation. He would later use the freezer for his attempted killing of Lucy Masters.

Profile
Robert Johnson is a classic narcissist. Livid about being arrested for the possession of torture videos, he became a brutal killer. Johnson often stole the identities of others as his own name meant nothing to him. The only consistent trait of this unsub was the use of his online moniker, Watcher 89. Being completely self obsessed, he chose his victims based on his own facial symmetry. In order to safeguard himself, he would only allow someone access to his site after sending them illegal material such as child pornography or torture. This way, if one of his fans betrayed him, he would be able to take them down with him (mutual assured destruction).

Known Victims

 * Paula Renmar
 * Samantha Rush
 * Dorris Archer
 * Allison Kittridge
 * Lucy Masters

Appearance

 * Season Five
 * The Internet Is Forever