Anita Roycewood

"You are home, Allison."

Anita Roycewood (née Weld) was a serial killer who appeared in Season Five of Criminal Minds.

Background
Not much is known about Anita, other than her family owned a funeral home. She eventually married Roger Roycewood, an electrician. In 1999, the two, for unspecified reasons, abducted one Karla Hartaway from Garrisonville, Virginia, and kept her as if she were her own child. They repeated this abduction process once every following year. Whenever any of the children grew too old or ambivalent, Anita would kill them by drugging them and burning their unconscious bodies in the funeral home's crematorium.

Mosley Lane
See section on The Roycewoods page

Modus Operandi
See section on The Roycewoods page

Real-Life Comparison
Anita's habit of cremating her victims and disposing of their ashes seems to be a vague reference to presumed serial killer Helmuth Schmidt. Also, Schmidt's wife was named Anita, and Helen Schmidt was briefly suspected of being an accomplice, which appear to be nods toward Anita.

Known Victims
Note: All of the dates denote when and where the victims were abducted


 * Virginia:
 * Garrisonville, unspecified date in 1999: Karla Hartaway
 * Rock Creek Park, September 29, 2000: Jake Wusman
 * Bowling Green, unspecified date in 2001: Ryan Dowerman
 * Leesburg, March 1, 2002: Charlie Hillridge
 * Arlington, February 11, 2003: Stephen Shepherd
 * Linden, unspecified date in 2004: Dylan Hedgecliff
 * Purcellville, June 12, 2005: Danny Kenman
 * Madison, April 8, 2006: Mae Hall
 * Lueneburg, September 6, 2007: Kayla Pargrave
 * Ashburn, June 19, 2008: Austin Manford
 * Fredericksburg, unspecified date in 2009: Hannah Bidon
 * Ashburn, March 2, 2010: Aimee Lynch

Appearances

 * Season Five
 * "Mosley Lane"