The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department says it has discovered more body parts in the case of Sade Robinson, a college student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who was previously missing.
According to a release from the Sheriff’s Department on April 18, an arm and torso believed to be additional parts of Robinson were found on a wooded area of Lake Michigan beach. That is the fourth instance that remains have been found related to the case. The first discovery was a separated leg in Warnimont Park that sparked the investigation. A legal document states that leg is also thought to be from Robinson.
Maxwell Anderson, a 33-year-old bartender in Milwaukee, is charged with killing and dismembering Robinson, a student of criminal justice at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
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The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department Thinks the Human Remains Washed Ashore ‘From an Apartment Complex’
Department of Justice/MCSOMaxwell Anderson was not granted bail.
In the April 18 press release, the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department announced that more human remains were found on April 18 near 3305 Marina Road “along a remote stretch of tree-lined beach on Lake Michigan, nearly a quarter from an apartment complex, where they are believed to have washed ashore.”
Sheriff’s officials say a “torso and arm” were found at 7:37 a.m. by a “citizen walking the beach.” They are believed to be Sade Robinson, 19, “whom MCSO investigators believe was murdered by Maxwell Anderson, 33, of the 3100 block of South 39th Street in Milwaukee on or about April 2,” the release says.
“Our thoughts and prayers and the full support of this agency remain with Robinson’s family and loved ones as they grieve and process her tragic loss, the release says.
“MCSO, in partnership with the Milwaukee Police Department and with assistance from 13 other local, state, and federal agencies, a volunteer organization, and a forensics expert, first began investigating Robinson’s death after a severed human leg was discovered in Warnimont Park in Cudahy on April 2. Within a week, several additional remains were discovered in Milwaukee – all believed, though not yet formally confirmed, to be Robinson,” it says.
Anderson “has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, and arson of property other than building, in Robinson’s death. All three charges are felonies and carry a combined maximum penalty of life imprisonment,” the release says.
The “investigation into Robinson’s death is ongoing. And even prior to Thursday’s discovery, MCSO had already contracted and scheduled a sonar detection boat to further search lake Michigan for her remains and additional evidence,” the release adds.
Maxwell Anderson’s Family Released a Statement That Says They Were ‘Shocked & Devastated’ by Sade Robinson’s ‘Senseless Death’
Criminal complaintMaxwell Anderson.
The release comes as Anderson’s father, who runs a group of insurance companies in Waukesha County, released a statement on behalf of himself and the Anderson family.
Steven Anderson’s law firm sent the statement to a journalist at Heavy via email. The statement was signed by “Steven Anderson” and “The Anderson Family” but it mentioned both Anderson’s mother and father.
The statement expressed deepest sympathy and heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of Sade Robinson on behalf of Steven Anderson and his family. They are shocked and devastated by her senseless death.
In their message, they told Sade’s mother and father that words cannot express their sorrow for the incomprehensible pain and grief they are going through. They also asked the media to give them privacy during this difficult time as they process the tragedy.
The criminal complaint accused Anderson of killing Robinson after a “first date” at a Milwaukee seafood restaurant. The complaint does not give a motive. It describes evidence including Robinson’s Life360 and cell phone, which showed her phone traveling to the area of Anderson’s home. Additionally, a witness and video placed Anderson near the scene of a car fire that turned out to be Robinson’s vehicle, according to the complaint.
