Robert Kirby was the former Deputy Director of the FBI. He also served in Vietnam as a sniper in the Marine Corps.

Judas on a PoleEdit

Robert Kirby suspended Special Agent Seeley Booth for bring up the issue of Marvin Beckett being released after being falsely arrested for the murder of Augustus Harper, an FBI Agent. It is later revealed that Kirby killed Agent Harper and tried to kill Russ and Seeley. Later, Booth and Temperance Brennan find a pool of blood at her house which is found to belong to him. Matthew Brennan stabbed him, gutted him, and set him on fire postmortem on a rooftop and is later arrested for Kirby's murder. Max however is acquitted due to his lawyer making it sound like Temperance also had a motive, means, and opportunity to kill Kirby, resulting in Max's release.

Known VictimsEdit

• Augustus Donald Harper (killed with a sniper rifle at a great distance and framed a man named Marvin Beckett for the murder)
• Seeley Booth (attempted)
• Russ Brennan (attempted)
• Temperance Brennan (attempted)