A newly unsealed search warrant that 12 News Investigates obtained shows Maxwell Anderson texted Sade Robinson's phone the morning after prosecutors say he killed her and dismembered her body.
Prosecutors: Maxwell Anderson tried to 'cover up' crime by texting victim's phone after
A newly unsealed search warrant that 12 News Investigates obtained shows Maxwell Anderson texted Sade Robinson's phone the morning after prosecutors say he killed her and dismembered her body.
FIRST AT 6:00, 12 NEWS INVESTIGATES UNCOVERS NEW COURT RECORDS IN THE DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT OF SADE ROBINSON. DERRICK: PROSECUTORS ANDERSON KILLED THE 19-YEAR-OLD AND SPREAD HER BODY PARTS INTO LAKE MICHIGAN, AND IN A MILWAUKEE PARK. DIANA: 12 NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JAMES STRATTON IS HERE TONIGHT. JAMES, PROSECUTORS SAY ANDERSON TRIED TO COVER UP THE MURDER, USING A TEXT MESSAGE? JAMES: THIS SEARCH WARRANT, UNSEALED JUST DAYS AGO, SAYS ANDERSON TEXTED ROBINSON THE NEXT DAY, THE NIGHT AFTER THE MURDER AND BURNING OF INVESTIGATORS SAY IT APPEARS TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO COVER UP THE CRIME. A NEWLY UNSEALED SEARCH WARRANT SHOWS SADE ROBINSON’S PHONE WAS AT MAXWELL ANDERSON’S HOUSE UNTIL ABOUT 12:45 A.M., OVERNIGHT THE NIGHT SHE WAS LAST SEEN, BETWEEN APRIL 1 AND SECOND. PROSECUTORS SAY ROBINSON AND ANDERSON MET UP FOR A DATE ON APRIL FIRST, THE LAST TIME ANYONE SAW ROBINSON. PROSECUTORS CHARGED ANDERSON WITH HOMICIDE, MUTILATING A CORPSE, AND ARSON. A PASSERBY FOUND ROBINSON’S LEG IN WARNIMOUNT PARK IN CUDAHY ON APRIL 2, OTHER BODY PARTS WERE FOUND NEAR 31ST AND GALENA, AND IN SOUTH MILWAUKEE AND WAUKEGAN , ILLINOIS ON THE SHORE OF LAKE MICHIGAN IN THE FOLLOWING DAYS AND WEEKS. THE SEARCH WARRANT SHOWS HER PHONE, AND CAR, WERE AT WARNIMOUNT PARK EARLY THAT MORNING, BETWEEN 3:00 AND 4:30 A.M., THE SAME AREA WHERE HER SEVERED LEG WAS FOUND. A CAR RAMMED THE GATE AT THE PUMPHOUSE IN WARNIMOUNT PARK, THE SEARCH WARRANT STATES, INVESTIGATORS FOUND PIECES "CONSISTENT WITH MS. ROBINSON’S HONDA CIVIC IN THAT AREA." PROSECUTORS SAY ANDERSON LIT THAT SAME CAR ON FIRE N AND LISBON IN MILWAUKEE, AND WAS LATER SEEN ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO GETTING INTO THIS MCTS BUS. HOURS LATER, PROSECUTORS SAY HE TEXTED HER "MORNIN. HOWS WORK GOING?" WHICH APPEARS TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO COVER UP WHAT MR. ANDERSON HAD DONE BY PRETENDING TO THINK MS. ROBINSON WAS AT WORK. A GROUP OF ROBINSON’S FA GATHERED FRIDAY TO HONOR HER. THEY SAY INVESTIGATORS HAVE RETURNED SOME OF HER REMAINS, BUT NOT ALL HAVE BEEN FOUND. DERRICK: JAMES IS BACK WITH US THIS EVENING. WE’RE EXPECTING BIG DECISION THE CASE NEXT WEEK? JAMES: A JUDGE WILL DECIDE NEXT WHETHER OR NOT TO SEPARATE THE FRIDAY CHARGES FOR ANDERSON. A JURY TRIAL IS SET FOR DECEMBER. ANDERSON HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY, HIS ATTORNEY DID NOT IMMEDIATELY RETURN OUR REQUEST
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Prosecutors: Maxwell Anderson tried to 'cover up' crime by texting victim's phone after
A newly unsealed search warrant that 12 News Investigates obtained shows Maxwell Anderson texted Sade Robinson's phone the morning after prosecutors say he killed her and dismembered her body.
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A newly unsealed search warrant that 12 News Investigates obtained shows Maxwell Anderson texted Sade Robinson's phone the morning after prosecutors say he killed her and dismembered her body."Mornin! Hows work going?" The text message states, according to the search warrant. Prosecutors say the text "appears to be an attempt to cover up what Mr. Anderson had done by pretending to think Ms. Robinson was at work."Prosecutors charged Anderson with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and arson of property other than a building. Read: Criminal ComplaintProsecutors say the pair met up for a first date on April 1 at the Twisted Fisherman in Milwaukee. The pair then traveled in Robinson's car to Duke's on Water. Robinson's phone records then show she traveled to Anderson's home near 39th Street and Oklahoma Avenue.On April 2, someone found Robinson's severed leg at Warnimont Park in Cudahy. Someone also found Robinson's car torched near 30th Street and Lisbon Avenue. The search warrant states a driver rammed the gate at the pumphouse in Warnimount Park, and investigators found pieces "consistent with Ms. Robinson's Honda Civic" in that area.Body parts were also found near railroad tracks near 31st and Galena streets in Milwaukee and on Lake Michigan in South Milwaukee and Waukegan, Illinois.A group of Robinson's family gathered Friday to honor her. They say investigators have returned some of her remains, but not all have been found.Anderson has pleaded not guilty, and he is expected in court Friday, Sept. 13. His attorney, Anthony Cotton, has filed a motion to sever his charges and try them individually. A judge will make a ruling on that motion during that court date. A jury trial is set for December. Requests for comments from Cotton were not immediately returned Tuesday.
MILWAUKEE —
A newly unsealed search warrant that 12 News Investigates obtained shows Maxwell Anderson texted Sade Robinson's phone the morning after prosecutors say he killed her and dismembered her body.
"Mornin! Hows work going?" The text message states, according to the search warrant.
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Prosecutors say the text "appears to be an attempt to cover up what Mr. Anderson had done by pretending to think Ms. Robinson was at work."
Prosecutors charged Anderson with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse and arson of property other than a building.
Prosecutors say the pair met up for a first date on April 1 at the Twisted Fisherman in Milwaukee. The pair then traveled in Robinson's car to Duke's on Water. Robinson's phone records then show she traveled to Anderson's home near 39th Street and Oklahoma Avenue.
On April 2, someone found Robinson's severed leg at Warnimont Park in Cudahy. Someone also found Robinson's car torched near 30th Street and Lisbon Avenue.
The search warrant states a driver rammed the gate at the pumphouse in Warnimount Park, and investigators found pieces "consistent with Ms. Robinson's Honda Civic" in that area.
Body parts were also found near railroad tracks near 31st and Galena streets in Milwaukee and on Lake Michigan in South Milwaukee and Waukegan, Illinois.
A group of Robinson's family gathered Friday to honor her. They say investigators have returned some of her remains, but not all have been found.
Anderson has pleaded not guilty, and he is expected in court Friday, Sept. 13. His attorney, Anthony Cotton, has filed a motion to sever his charges and try them individually. A judge will make a ruling on that motion during that court date. A jury trial is set for December. Requests for comments from Cotton were not immediately returned Tuesday.
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