A Wisconsin man accused of killing and dismembering a 19-year-old college student after their first date had told a friend about his plan to kill her weeks before she was reported missing, according to a recently made public court document.
A confidential informant reportedly told Milwaukee police that 33-year-old Maxwell Anderson said he “intended to kill Sade Robinson” by pointing a gun at her and leading her to his basement, according to a search warrant obtained by Fox affiliate WITI and other news channels in Milwaukee.
Anderson has been charged with crimes including murder and mutilation of a corpse in connection with the death of Sade Robinson, whom he allegedly met on April 1. Anderson has pleaded not guilty to the charges. He also faces a wrongful death lawsuit filed in June by Robinson’s family.
According to police, Robinson’s last Snapchat activity showed that on the night of April 1, she went to a local bar where Anderson had previously worked. complaint obtained by JS.
Robinson’s phone records showed that she and Anderson had messaged each other about meeting at the bar on April 1, and a bartender who was working that evening confirmed that the two had dinner together, the complaint said.
The bartender told police officers that Anderson referred to the meeting as a “first date.”
Since Robinson was reported missing by a friend on April 2, body parts identified as hers have been found scattered across the Milwaukee area.
A leg later determined to be Robinson’s was discovered April 2 in Warnimont Park, on Lake Michigan. Her car was found in flames about ten miles away that same day. Detectives who searched the car found remains of her phone, along with the clothing she had reportedly worn the night she met Anderson, authorities said.
Anderson was taken into custody on April 4 and a search of his home found blood on a bed and on the walls leading to the basement, where police found several containers of gasoline.
However, DNA testing on blood recovered from Anderson’s home did not match Robinson’s, prosecutors said. It is unclear whose blood was found in Anderson’s home.
On April 15, the confidential informant told police they had been at Anderson’s home in early March, according to the warrant obtained by WITI. They told police that Anderson showed them the basement, where there was a sink and a plastic tarp was taped to the floor and ceiling covering the walls.
The informant told police that Anderson “planned to shoot Robinson and then dismember her body in the room” before “spreading Robinson’s body throughout the city,” WITI reported.
Anderson’s home sold in May for $195,000, according to the American newspaper Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Anderson’s attorney, Anthony Cotton, addressed the new allegations in a statement WISN TV in Milwaukeesaying, “information provided by people who refuse to identify themselves and want to be labeled ‘confidential informants’ is often false and exaggerated.”
“While we have not been provided with the name of this individual, the information provided by him or her is completely untrue and there is no physical evidence to support these baseless claims,” the statement said. “This is yet another example of someone choosing to spread misleading information about this case, which is unfortunate for all parties involved.”
A final hearing in the case is scheduled for September 13.
Robinson was expected to graduate from Milwaukee Area Technical College in May. Her family was present at commencement to accept her degree in criminal justice studies in her honor. according to WISN.