Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Ian Vance-Curzan announced on Monday that the blood discovered in the home of Maxwell Anderson, the suspect in the murder case of Sade Robinson, does not belong to the victim. The revelation comes after the criminal complaint against Anderson disclosed that investigators had found blood at his home, including in his bedding and on the walls leading to the basement.
Robinson was last seen on April 1, when she sent a Snapchat message to a friend at a bar near a seafood restaurant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she was supposed to meet 33-year-old Anderson. A missing persons search began the next day. The discovery of a severed leg on the beach at Warnimont Park led to charges against Anderson, including first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, and arson. He pleaded not guilty on Monday.
Preliminary results have shown that the blood found on the severed leg belonged to Robinson. However, it is unclear whose blood was found in Anderson’s home. Milwaukee County Sheriff Denita Ball stated last Friday that they did not believe there were any other victims at that time.
More body parts, including a torso and an arm, have washed up on Lake Michigan’s shoreline in the weeks since Robinson’s disappearance. Police believe the remains belong to Robinson but have not yet formally confirmed it.
In addition to the blood evidence, there was also evidence indicating that Robinson’s car had been burned. A witness reported seeing a white man exit the driver’s door of Robinson’s Honda Civic early on the morning of April 2 and toss a lighter into the driver’s door window. Investigators later recovered clothes from the Honda that were consistent with what Robinson had been wearing.
Anderson appeared in person in Milwaukee County Court on Monday to formally waive his preliminary hearing. He is next due in court on May 16.
