A Wisconsin man killed and dismembered a 19-year-old school scholar on their first date after watching a Netflix present that depicted an eerily comparable mutilation.
Maxwell Anderson was convicted of murder and dismembering a corpse on Friday for the horrific slaying of Sade Robinson on April 1 of final 12 months – simply days after the 2 met at a bar.
That they had spent the night of their fateful date getting dinner and drinks on the Twisted Fisherman in Milwaukee earlier than ultimately going again to Anderson’s condo.
At one level, Anderson turned on the Netflix sequence Love, Dying & Robots.
The present’s Season 2 finale, ‘The Drowned Big,’ depicts the grotesque dismantling of a big human physique on a seaside.
Prosecutors claimed that Anderson mutilated Robinson’s physique on a Wisconsin seaside overlooking Lake Michigan – a jarring element that was nearly an excessive amount of to abdomen for the jury.
‘I used to be like… that is disgusting as a result of that might have been the place he acquired a few of his concepts or fantasies,’ juror Melissa Blascoe informed the Milwaukee-Journal Sentinel.
‘I bodily felt like I used to be gonna throw up at that time. I do know lots of people have been shaking and crying.’
Anderson was additionally charged with arson and hiding a corpse in connection together with her dying. He was discovered responsible on all counts.
Sade Robinson (pictured), 19, was killed and dismembered by Maxwell Anderson after the pair went on a primary date in April final 12 months
Anderson (pictured) was discovered responsible on all 4 counts after being charged with first-degree intentional murder, dismembering a corpse, arson and hiding a corpse
Robinson’s mom, Sheena Scarbrough (pictured left), stated that her daughter was a ‘loving daughter, a cherished sister, and a pricey buddy to many’
Investigators stated that Anderson is believed to have unfold her stays round Milwaukee County and burned her automotive to cover proof.
Disturbing photographs confirmed Robinson being groped by Anderson whereas she lay face down on his sofa, and prosecutors stated she was far too incapacitated to have resisted.
One picture reveals Anderson holding Robinson’s proper breast as she lay unconscious. That breast would later be minimize off her physique.
‘That is his trophy in a method,’ Blascoe stated concerning the photographs taken by Anderson. ‘These footage will probably be in my thoughts for fairly a while.’
Surveillance video confirmed Robinson’s automotive leaving the condo within the early hours of April 2 earlier than arriving on the seaside alongside Lake Michigan shores.
The younger scholar’s disappearance sparked concern when she did not seem for work the following day.
Her supervisor, Justin Romano, informed CNN that Robinson was ‘very outgoing, she would discuss to all people right here. She was all the time there to lighten the temper.’
Romano stated her not displaying up for work ‘wasn’t like her in any respect,’ and added: ‘We sort of knew one thing was up; we had been calling her all day.’
Anderson is believed to have minimize her physique into items and burned her automotive behind an deserted constructing earlier than taking a bus again to his condo.
Throughout the automotive, regardless of ‘excessive hearth harm,’ investigator’s recognized the outfit Robinson had been carrying on the evening of the date in addition to a part of an iPhone in keeping with hers burned within the automotive, CNN reported.
Anderson is believed to have dismembered her physique into items and burned her automotive behind an deserted constructing earlier than taking a bus again to his condo
Her supervisor, Justin Romano, stated that Robinson was ‘very outgoing, she would discuss to all people right here. She was all the time there to lighten the temper’
Police then have been referred to as to Warnimont Park the place a human leg, that appeared to have been ‘sawn off’ on the hip, was found. The leg was then recognized as Robinson’s.
A ‘confidential informant’ claimed that Anderson had deliberate to kill Robinson weeks previous to her dying, Fox Information reported.
Anderson’s legal professional, Tony Cotton, argued, nevertheless, that the prosecution confirmed no proof of Anderson’s intention to kill Robinson.
Cotton additionally identified he made no try to hide himself on public transport dwelling, and was carrying clear garments regardless of having allegedly minimize up her physique in a muddy park.
Jurors reached their verdict inside an hour on the ninth day of trial.
‘Whereas we’re glad with this verdict, our hearts exit to the household of Sade Robinson,’ Milwaukee County Assistant District Lawyer Ian Vance-Curzan stated.
Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Det. JoAnn Donner spent months engaged on the case and stated: ‘My coronary heart goes out to the household and [Robinson’s] buddies and actually, the neighborhood at massive.
‘It is everybody’s come collectively, and it is actually exhausting to take that step again as a legislation enforcement officer and never get that actually emotionally concerned throughout the case,’ she continued. ‘I’ll admit that I did return to my workplace after the decision, and I had cry as a result of I lastly acquired to have that emotion. It does have an effect on us too.’
Robinson’s mom, Sheena Scarbrough, stated in a GoFundMe for her daughter’s memorial service that Robinson was a ‘loving daughter, a cherished sister, and a pricey buddy to many.’
Anderson is ready for sentencing on August 15, the place he faces a compulsory life sentence in jail.
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