Sade Robinson was a bright, driven 19-year-old college student from Milwaukee with dreams of joining the military. But on April 1, 2024, her life was brutally cut short. After going on a first date with 34-year-old Maxwell Anderson, she disappeared.
That date ended in a tragedy that shocked the nation and reignited a conversation about the systemic neglect of missing Black women.
Robinson never returned home. The next day, her severed leg was found on the shores of Lake Michigan, toes still painted pink. Over the next few weeks, authorities uncovered dismembered parts of her body scattered throughout Milwaukee County. Her head has yet to be recovered.
Anderson was arrested and later convicted of first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, hiding a corpse, and arson.
Prosecutors detailed how Anderson “brutally and callously” murdered Robinson shortly after dinner, dismembered her, and burned her vehicle in an attempt to destroy evidence. Read full coverage from The Independent.
