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Eight alleged victims: Xiana Fairchild (age 7), Amber Swartz-Garcia (age 7), and six unidentified females

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Eight alleged victims: Xiana Fairchild (age 7), Amber Swartz-Garcia (age 7), and six unidentified females

Case
#465
SourceFBI WantedUpdated Mar 15, 2026
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Cold Case · Open - Seeking victim identification
18 years waiting · since 2007

CURTIS DEAN ANDERSON

Justice for Eight alleged victims: Xiana Fairchild (age 7), Amber Swartz-Garcia (age 7), and six unidentified females — the trail went cold in 2007, but the truth hasn't.

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Key leads to think about

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person
Lead #1

Can the six unidentified victims be identified through DNA analysis or missing persons databases from the 1980s and 1990s?

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evidence
Lead #2

What physical evidence or remains exist that could confirm Anderson's confessions and help locate burial sites?

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location
Lead #3

Are there specific geographic patterns or additional dump sites Anderson frequented that could yield remains?

Curtis Dean Anderson, a convicted serial killer, confessed to murdering eight victims across Northern California and two in Mexico before dying in prison on December 9, 2007. Seven of his alleged victims remain unidentified, with only 7-year-old Xiana Fairchild and 7-year-old Amber Swartz-Garcia confirmed by name. The FBI seeks public assistance in identifying the unknown victims and locating any remains to provide closure to families and complete the investigative record.

Case
#465
SourceFBI WantedUpdated Mar 15, 2026
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

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witness
Lead #4

Did anyone witness Anderson's interactions with victims at the bars and locations he frequented in the Bay Area?

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clue
Lead #5

The 1977 brown Chevy sedan and black Toyota truck—can vehicle records or witnesses place these at crime scenes?

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Source Narrative

Northern California The FBI is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying alleged victims of convicted killer Curtis Dean Anderson, who died while serving his prison term on December 9, 2007. Anderson was convicted and sentenced to over 300 years in prison for the 1999 kidnapping and murder of 7-year-old Xiana Fairchild in Vallejo, California, and other crimes.

He was captured after one of his kidnap victims was able to escape. Anderson was interviewed by FBI agents in November of 2007, and confessed to murdering eight victims in the United States, including Fairchild and 7-year-old Amber Swartz-Garcia of Pinole, California.

Anderson also confessed to two murders in Mexico, but did not provide any information on those victims. The following is a list of the stateside victims’ descriptions given by Anderson in chronological order: Late 1984: Victim #1 was described as a female "runaway" in her late teens/early 20s.

Anderson allegedly met and killed her and then disposed of her body near a local swimming hole in Marysville, California. Victim #2 was a young female hitchhiker in her late teens, whom Anderson claimed he picked up on a road near the northeast side of Clearlake a few days after the death of Victim #1.

Early 1985: Victim #3 was a female in her late teens, also residing in the Marysville area, who was possibly a runaway from Oregon. November 1986: Victim #4 was about 21 years old.

She was a light-skinned Black female whom Anderson met in a bar frequented by African-Americans located in the East Bay, off Interstate-80 on San Pablo Avenue. He claimed this occurred about 10 days after he was paroled from San Quentin State Prison.

Anderson allegedly killed her and disposed of the body in the Oakland hills. June 1988: Victim #5 was Amber Swartz-Garcia, who Anderson said was standing on a street in Pinole, California, when he physically forced her into his car.

He eventually murdered her in Arizona. 1988/1989: Victim #6 was allegedly a Navajo Indian woman about 23 to 24 years old.

Anderson claimed he picked her up coming out of a bar near 5th or 6th Street in Benicia, California. He said he then killed her near Benson, Arizona.

In 1989, Anderson received a ticket while driving a two-door, brown, 1977 Chevy sedan. February or March 1997: Victim #7 was a Black/Hispanic female in her early 20s with noticeable "junkie tracks" on her arms who went by the name “Rosie”.

Anderson allegedly met her at “The Bears” bar, which he described as being frequented by Hispanics. This bar was located under Highway 87 in San Jose, California, near a bowling alley.

After killing her, he allegedly disposed of her body near the Ben Lomand turnoff near Santa Cruz, California. During this incident, Anderson stated he had been driving a black Toyota truck from his “Parts Company”.

December 1999: Victim #8 was Xiana Fairchild, who disappeared on December 9, 1999.

Timeline of Events

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1984-12-09

Xiana Fairchild disappearance

7-year-old Xiana Fairchild disappeared in Vallejo, California on December 9, 1999

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1999-06-03

Amber Swartz-Garcia abduction

7-year-old Amber Swartz-Garcia forcibly taken from street in Pinole, California; later murdered in Arizona

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2007-11-01

FBI confession interview

Curtis Dean Anderson interviewed by FBI agents and confessed to murdering eight victims in the United States and two in Mexico

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2007-12-09

Killer's death

Curtis Dean Anderson died while serving his prison sentence

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Case Information

Incident:December 9, 1984
Last Updated:June 8, 2026

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Case Information

Incident:December 9, 1984
Last Updated:June 8, 2026