This content details the investigation and prosecution of Maxwell Anderson for the murder of 19-year-old Shade Robinson, highlighting the meticulous police work, the devastating impact on the victim's family, and the eventual conviction based on circumstantial evidence and compelling forensic findings.
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This is a once in a-lifetime case. All I
did was I pieced things together.
I got the call from my inspector. He
didn't have a lot of information. So, it
was more or less like go down there and
You don't often see body parts being discovered.
discovered.
>> So, this is odd.
>> Yes, absolutely. Absolutely odd.
>> Do you have any idea what you're getting
yourself into?
>> Not at that point. like it could be a
boating accident.
I don't know. You know, I at that point
I did not know.
When I get there, I make my way down to
the beach and I stop cold.
It was probably about 30 ft up the bluff.
bluff.
There was just no way for that to get
there by accident. And that's when I
knew we had a homicide.
>> You don't know who this victim is.
>> She was definitely an African-American
female. Don't know who she is. I don't
know obviously who any suspect is. I
know nothing. I I had nothing.
>> What brought you here? We came just to
do a welfare check.
My name is Nora Donigan and I was a
patrol officer.
>> Who lives here? Shade Robinson.
>> Her friends hadn't heard from her. >> Knockers.
>> Knockers.
>> Miss Robinson. Milwaukee police. Please
answer the door. We're going to come in otherwise.
otherwise.
Okay. I don't hear anything.
>> So, they seen her on Monday morning at 9
and 10:00. Shade was very excited about
a date that she was going to be having.
>> Right away, alarm bells were going off
for me.
>> We needed to figure out who this date was.
>> You can't stop thinking about this. >> No.
>> No.
>> There was just something odd about
everything. maybe the timing of them.
>> Missing person, body part found.
>> I had a weird feeling.
I reached out to the sheriff's department.
department.
Detective Donner from the Milwaukee
Sheriff's Department. I just said, you
know, I've got this girl who's missing
and I'm curious. Do you think that this
could be related?
She said she thinks that that's going to
be her girl.
Along the Wisconsin shoreline of Lake
Michigan sits a rocky wooded area called
Waramont Park.
>> It's not somewhere that you find a lot
of people.
>> On April 2nd, 2024, what's up, man? A
young man out for a walk with a friend
made that gruesome find.
>> They're walking that black. See that leg
right there?
>> Lead Detective Joe Donner of the
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office says
she knew she had a homicide, but nothing else.
else.
You have a leg. Where's the rest of her?
>> At that point, I didn't know.
So, you have human remains,
no weapon,
no suspect.
Where do we go from here?
>> That that was a question I asked myself
most of that night.
>> But with the help of Milwaukee police
detective Norah Donigan, Donner had a
suspicion who her victim might be. Shane
Robinson, a 19-year-old college student.
On the evening of April 1st, 2024, she
had plans to go on a date, but had not
been seen since.
Donner soon learned that Shade's car had
been found behind an abandoned building
3 miles from Shotti's apartment, set on fire.
fire.
>> This is Shade's vehicle.
>> This is pretty much completely destroyed.
destroyed.
>> It is. It definitely negated any type of
DNA, fingerprints, anything like that.
Though the car was heavily damaged, it
still revealed a great deal to the fire investigator.
investigator.
>> The passenger side smelled heavily of a
petroleum distillate. So, what did that
tell them?
>> That it was more than likely an arson.
>> And though the car's interior was
destroyed, investigators were able to
recover something crucial. So,
underneath the driver's seat, Shade's
purse was tucked under there. To me, it
definitely eliminates a robbery, right?
>> And when investigators opened the trunk
of Shade's car, they made a distressing discovery.
discovery.
We found her pants, her underwear, her
jacket, and her shoes.
>> This is the clothes she was wearing that
night. And the jeans, it was apparent
that somebody else had taken them off.
They were turned inside out, and the
underwear were still attached to them.
So yeah, it was definitely a red flag.
>> Another red flag was something Detective
Donner and her team noticed about the
driver's seat. Something that suggested
someone else had driven Shade's car.
>> We take note of the seat positioning cuz
that'll give height indicators. I was
able to determine about how far back
that seat was. I then went to a
dealership and found an identical model.
>> With the driver's seat in the same
position as the one in Shade's vehicle,
Detective Donner grabbed a deputy who
was about Shade's height. And when she
sat in the car, she couldn't touch the
pedals. Um, her arms were straight out
and she's like, "There's no way I can't
drive like this without perching on the
very edge of the seat."
>> Donner also had a taller detective sit
in the vehicle. And based on her
experiment, Donner says the last person
to drive Shade's car had to be at least
six feet tall.
>> There's no way Shade was the last person
in that driver's seat. >> No.
>> No. >> No.
>> No.
>> The day after finding the remains on the
beach, investigators contacted Shade's
mother, Sheena Scarro.
>> I'll never forget that day. Like, what's
going on?
Sheena immediately sent Fashad's
16-year-old sister, Adriana, to come
home early from school.
>> We drove over to my mom's house and they
were all very obviously upset.
>> But Shade's family hoped that this was a
mistake and Shade would be found alive
and well. The officer asked Adriana to
share Shade's cell phone location from
her Life 360 app. What is Life 360?
Unlike Find My iPhone that gives you
where your phone is right now, Life 360
gives you historical data and it uses
GPS, so it tends to be far more precise
than the cell records.
>> And I pulled up the location. I saw that
her phone had died at 4:35 a.m. at
Waramont Park.
And when I saw that, it was like
that was a very unusual place for her to be.
be.
And when I said that, the detective, his
face like dropped and he was like he
just like
Yeah. He shut down kind of.
something
wasn't right. Somebody
Somebody
had hurt my baby.
tests hadn't yet determined if Shade
Robinson matched the remains found along
Lake Michigan. In the meantime,
investigators began tracing the last
known hours of her life. Younger sister
Adriana saw Shade on Easter Sunday, the
day before her date.
>> We had worked together that morning. She
picked me up.
>> Shade and Adriana worked as servers at a
country club.
>> She was one of the best workers they had.
had.
>> It was one of Shade's two jobs on top of
being a full-time student at a local
technical college.
She wanted better for herself. She
wanted better for me.
>> The hard work was paying off with the
19-year-old able to rent an apartment
and buy a car all on her own. Shade was
set to graduate with an associates
degree in criminal justice the following
month. Adriana says Shadeai hoped to
then enlist in the military.
>> And she was looking to join the Air
Force. So, she had been meeting with
recruiters. That's how much she wanted
to do everything that she
dreamed of doing.
>> After working at the country club on
Sunday, March 31st, 2024, Adriana and
Chaday headed to their grandparents
house for Easter dinner.
>> It was a really, really good night. And
then she took me home. Whenever she
dropped me off, it was always like a
hesitation. We always be like, "Love you."
you."
And that night, I still remember it was
like a different kind of hesitation.
>> The next morning, Saday facetimed her
mom, Sheena.
She was just glowing through the
FaceTime. She just looks so beautiful.
She was in a bubbly mood. She didn't
mention anything to me about going on a
date that evening.
>> Security cameras in Shade's building
captured her leaving her apartment at
9:00 a.m. that morning. 15 minutes
later, Shadeai arrived for her shift at
the restaurant Pizza Shuttle. Former
owner Mark Gold.
>> Everybody loved her immediately. And
that's that's kind of rare, I think, in
a restaurant or any business. And she's
a great worker. She comes in on time.
She smiles. Every time she would work
with me, I'd say, "What's up, Shade?"
And she'd go, "The sky, Mark." She
always said it, and now I miss it.
Shade left Pizza Shuttle at 5:00 p.m.
and texted a man she'd recently met,
Maxwell Anderson.
>> They are discussing where they're going
to meet up for their date.
>> Shade's text messages show they chose
Armed with that information,
investigators then headed to the
restaurant and obtained security camera
footage of Shade and her date together.
Detective Joe Donner examined the
footage for clues.
>> What's sort of standing out to you as
you watch this video? Why is it important?
important?
>> You know, it's the demeanor. He does a
lot of talking to the bartender. Doesn't
do a whole lot of talking to her. Um or
even like
turning and looking at her. It just it's
seems a little unusual for a date.
There's not a lot of interaction.
Around 6:30 p.m., Shadeai and Maxwell
Anderson left the restaurant together.
With the help of Shade's Life 360 app,
the detectives knew just where the pair
were headed.
>> I'm so glad that that she had that app.
>> So, when you found out Shadeai had it on
her phone, you must have thought, cold mine.
mine.
>> Yeah. Score big time. According to her
Life 360 app, Shadeai then went to a
nearby bar called Dukes on Water. When
investigators headed there, they found
this security camera footage of Shade
Day and her date arriving together at
the bar. Again, Detective Donner took
note of the pair's dynamic. So, they are
playing beer pong uh with this couple,
and honestly, this is the only time that
it looks like she's having fun. I
noticed that she seemed to be smiling
and enjoying herself.
>> Shade and Maxwell Anderson left the bar
together around 900 p.m.
>> She's walking fine. Um, doesn't seem to
be impaired.
>> I think it's interesting that they're
walking together, but not until the very
end. He kind of reaches over,
>> right? That's the only like real
physical contact other than briefly
while they were playing beer pong that I
see them have.
>> From there, Shade's Date got in the car
with her. The Life 360 app shows Shade
arrived at Maxwell Anderson's house
around 9:30.
3 hours later, the app shows Shade's
phone left his house. Jade's car began
traveling toward her apartment, but
instead of going home, the car drove
past the building. Multiple surveillance
cameras would go on to capture Shade's
car with fogged up windows, driving
around for hours.
Did there seem to be any kind of like
rhyme or reason to where this vehicle
was going that night?
>> No, I don't. It seemed to be going all
over the place.
>> Then at 2:53 a.m., the Life 360 app
shows Shadeai's phone arriving at
Waramont Park, where the battery on her
phone would later die. When the
investigators checked for security
camera footage from a nearby building,
they made a chilling discovery. The
grainy footage shows someone, possibly a
man, dragging something to the lake.
This is the path that he took. And then
he would go down
>> right around here.
>> Yeah. And this is where he disappears
off of camera. It drops off right there.
>> Roughly 90 minutes after first going out
of view, the shadowy figure walks away
from the lake, but now carrying something.
something.
The final time that it comes up, you do
see a large backpack on their back.
>> Who do you believe that figure is?
>> Who is the last person Chad Robinson was
seen with?
>> Maxwell Anderson.
>> Who is this person? How do you know my daughter?
Had you ever heard the name Maxwell Anderson?
Anderson? >> No.
>> No.
>> There were so many questions like how
they knew each other, what his motives were.
were.
>> The night Shade Robinson disappeared was
not the first time she had met Maxwell
Anderson. Three days earlier, Shadeai,
seen here on security camera footage,
walked into a bar. The owner told 48
Hours that Shade was looking for a job.
While there, she met the bartender, 6'1,
33-year-old Maxwell Anderson. They
exchanged numbers, and Maxwell walked
Shade to her car.
>> It seemed like he was trying to be a
gentleman to this girl he was trying to
impress. What did you learn about
Maxwell Anderson, his background?
>> I learned that he had been in the
service industry for a while. He owned a
home down on the south side of
Milwaukee, was in the Navy for a brief
amount of time.
>> Why did he leave the military?
>> I I believe it was a general discharge.
>> But the man Shade would go on a date
with also had a criminal record that
included operating a vehicle while
intoxicated, disorderly conduct, and
more. It
was a little disturbing, like a history
of violence towards his own family.
>> And in 2019, he'd also been accused of
violence towards a total stranger.
According to this police report,
Maxwell, seen in this video filmed by a
bystander, beat a man who tried to
intervene during an argument Maxwell was
having with a girlfriend. He was
arrested for battery, but pleaded guilty
to a lesser charge.
This guy's got a temper and he doesn't
really seem to care who he takes that
temper out on.
>> You're thinking about what could have
happened with Shade? >> Yes.
>> Yes.
>> But could he be responsible for Shade's
disappearance? Detective Donner needed proof.
proof.
>> Just spending the evening with her, right?
right?
>> It's not enough, >> right?
>> right?
>> With the help of Shade's Life 360 app,
Donner knew Shade had driven to
Maxwell's house on April 1st.
I wanted to I wanted to get into his
house and we definitely had enough to do that.
that.
>> On April 4th, Donner got a search
warrant to enter Maxwell's home and she
sent another team to watch him.
>> So, they begin to follow him. We prefer
to not have the resident in the house.
It's just safer.
>> Within minutes, the team realized
Maxwell was heading home and they had to
act fast.
>> Right. let's take him into custody. The
deputy and the detective said that yeah,
they definitely felt him shaking.
>> Maxwell Anderson later asked for a
lawyer and was never interrogated, but
when investigators finally entered the
house, they were surprised.
>> There was no big bloody crime scene
>> and no sign of a cleanup either.
>> It was very apparent that the
dismemberment didn't happen there.
Investigators did find something of interest.
interest.
>> A lot of knives.
A lot of knives. There were, I believe,
like 51 found in the kitchen alone.
>> Anything that could have been used to
dismember a body,
>> I suppose. Uh, none of those knives were
were used. After searching the house,
Detective Donner was still missing key
elements like a weapon, crime scene, or
even a single piece of direct evidence
in Maxwell Anderson's home tying him to
Shandai's disappearance.
>> It seemed like every hopeful,
hopeful,
you know, lead. I got disappointed each time.
time.
>> Detective Donner started looking into
other possible suspects.
While Maxwell Anderson seemed like a
really good suspect, I wasn't going to
focus on him.
>> And she even considered the possibility
that the remains on the beach belonged
to someone else.
>> What if this isn't her? So, I still
checked missing databases.
>> But Shade's loved ones were certain
Donner was on the right track. They sent
a message covering Maxwell Anderson's
yard with balloons and signs, all in
Shade's favorite color, pink.
Increasing the pressure on the
investigation was the shocking discovery
of more body parts across the county.
>> And more human remains believed to be
those of the young woman. The remains
seemed to be from the same victim. As
law enforcement searched for more
remains, so did volunteers, including
Kiki and Arinda, family friends of
Shade. They were already searching. Why
even get involved? I didn't see enough
police out here. We came by and the area
was empty, but we were like, "Okay,
let's go back and double check and see
if we could find anything else." While
searching a wooded area, Kiki found a
blanket that belonged to Shade. The next
day, Arinda discovered a human bone next
to train tracks. Both were found in
areas investigators had already searched.
searched.
>> Could you understand why people might
feel a little frustrated when they hear that?
that?
>> Absolutely. Detective Donner was also
frustrated. That's when this woman,
Khloe Wright, stepped forward.
>> It was like hearttoppping. I mean, it's
just like this can't be real.
>> Chloe had dated Maxwell for more than a
year, and she was stunned to hear her
ex-boyfriend was a suspect.
This type of gruesome, graphic murder, I
just didn't see from him.
>> Chloe and Maxwell broke up a year
earlier. She told us he was never
physically abusive, but he could be
verbally abusive.
>> He made comments about like my body
weight often, um me not being
attractive. He wasn't a great boyfriend.
>> This sounds toxic.
>> It was very toxic. Khloe describes
Maxwell as a secretive person, but he
did share one secret with her.
Investigators were very interested to learn.
learn.
I remember it was like winter when he
had brought it up and he was like, "If
we're still together, come spring, I'm
going to take you to this secret beach."
And then
eventually he took me there. But Maxwell
was so protective of his secret beach
that when Khloe drove them there, he
would only give her step-by-step directions.
directions.
>> He didn't want me to know the name in
case we broke up. He didn't want me
bringing other people to his secret spot.
spot.
>> But she remembered where it was.
>> The police were like, "Okay, you direct
us." Repeating the directions Maxwell
had always given her, Khloe led
investigators straight to his secret
beach, Boramont Park.
Just having that proof that he knew
about it and was familiar with it to a
level that he referred to it as a secret
beach. That that was pretty big.
>> What do we think happened here?
>> This is where he dismembered her.
When you think of that special place,
special to him, what comes to mind? >> Shade.
>> On April 12th, 2024,
Milwaukee County Sheriff Denita Ball
made an announcement.
>> The severed leg has been preliminarily
identified as belonging to Miss Robinson.
Robinson.
That same day, Maxwell Anderson was
charged with firstdegree intentional
homicide, mutilation of a corpse, and
arson. He would plead not guilty to all charges.
charges.
DNA testing would later confirm the
On what should have been Shade's 20th
birthday, her family held a memorial for
her. It would take a year before they
would see the man accused of killing
In May 2025, Maxwell Anderson's murder
trial began. Detective Donner knew it
would be a tough fight with a
circumstantial case.
>> They really wanted that gotcha piece of
direct evidence, you know, and it never came.
came.
>> Use your common sense
and search for the truth. Prosecutor Ian
Vance Kerzanne took the jury through the
last minutes of Shade's life.
>> She was murdered by Maxwell Anderson.
Her body was dismembered by Maxwell
Anderson in a vicious and gruesome
manner and then Maxwell Anderson
attempted to make her disappear from
this world.
>> The prosecutor showed the jury this
grainy footage of Anderson's home
captured on his neighbor's security
camera. It's hard to see, but
investigators say it shows Maxwell and
Shade in silhouette arriving at his
house and turning on the light of his
second floor living room. Then through
the upstairs window, moving shadows can
be seen. Investigators had poured over
the footage, hoping to find proof of
Anderson murdering Shade.
>> Do we have any idea what's happening now?
now?
>> I don't. But Detective Donner did notice
something that happened hours later.
>> I'm only seeing one person leaving. Um,
and I note that that one person that is
leaving is the same height as the fence
in the gate,
>> which is pretty tall.
>> Is 6 foot.
>> 6 foot.
>> Investigators suspect Maxwell had
already killed Shade by that time.
>> Max had nothing to do with these crimes.
Maxwell Anderson's defense attorney,
Anthony Cotton, told the jury that
Anderson being the last known person
with Shade, proved nothing.
>> We don't dispute any of that timeline
that they went out together and went
back to Max's house. But that doesn't
mean he killed her.
>> And he dismissed the footage collected
by the prosecution.
>> All of this video, all the hundreds of
hours of video, you can see the car, but
you can't ever conclude that he is the
one who is driving this vehicle. It's a
pure speculation.
Cotton highlighted what he called the
serious holes in the state's case,
mainly the lack of motive and the
unknown cause of death.
>> There is absolutely no reason for Max to
commit a crime like this. Why would he
ever do something like that?
>> Cotton pointed out that authorities
can't even say how Shade died because
some of her remains have not been
recovered. CBS 58 reporter Adam Refe
says the defense's case seemed to be
effective with courtroom watchers.
>> There was talk as this trial wore on
that not all the evidence is there. If
it was Maxwell Anderson, how did he do
it? And where is that murder weapon?
>> But what would the jury think? Did any
of you think, "Oh, this is a slam dunk."
>> We spoke to four of the jurors. Becca,
>> I feel like you just d Nikki and Mel,
who says she was unimpressed with the
footage of Shade's car that the
prosecution presented.
>> I was like, "Where the hell is this
going? Why are they showing us this?
Who's driving? We don't know." Like,
there's no definitive proof.
>> But there was one video that did make an
impression. This footage of a man
leaving the scene of Shade's burning vehicle.
>> Marilyn, the jury 4 woman says the
footage reminded her of the mystery
person on the beach.
>> You know that is the same silhouette
that we saw walking the streets of Milwaukee.
Milwaukee.
>> The man then gets on a city bus and you
can see his face crystal clear. It was
Maxwell Anderson.
What does he have with him?
>> He has that large backpack still.
>> The backpack, pants, and shoes Anderson
is wearing on the bus were never
recovered. His gray jacket was
eventually found in his neighbor's
garbage can. When the jacket was tested,
it had Shade's DNA inside the hood and
on the zipper pull.
>> Now, could it be maybe explained away?
Sure. I mean, she did go to his house.
>> Why would you throw it in a trash can
two houses away from your home? >> Exactly.
>> Exactly.
>> State calls Khloe Wright.
>> Chloe Wright, who chose to testify off
camera, spoke about her ex-boyfriend and
his secret beach.
>> He looked at her like, "I'm going to
kill you right now. Don't you say a word."
word."
>> You all noticed that. Noticed that. She
played a very vital role, I think, in
>> But jurors would soon learn about a safe
found in Shade's apartment. Inside,
marijuana and what appeared to be
methamphetamine pills. Although the
pills were never sent to the state crime
lab for conclusive testing, the defense
seemed to suggest more should have been
done to see if Shade's murder was really
connected to those drugs.
I felt that it was irrelevant to the
case because there was never ever any
evidence that pointed to her as being a
substance abuser. They're just trying to
distract us.
>> So, it never crossed your mind once that
maybe this was a drug deal gone wrong or
>> never. No, >> never.
>> never.
>> Investigators had tested Shade's remains.
remains.
>> Did they find any drugs in her system?
>> No. Caffeine was the only thing found.
Jurors say it was actually one of the
last pieces of evidence that they saw
that made the biggest impact. Photos
found on Maxwell Anderson's phone that
he had taken and deleted. The photos are
of Shade at his home.
She is uh face down. Her arm is over her
face. You see the hand of a white male
grasping what would be her right breast.
Do you believe Shade was deceased or
alive in those pictures? Do you know?
>> I do not know. My my assumption is that
she was deceased.
>> To see the way he treated her like
like an object. It was really disturbing.
disturbing.
I mean, I personally felt like I had
lived the last few hours of Shotti's
life with her. And you were walking kind
of her footsteps throughout the night.
And to see her end up like that was
disgusting, humiliating,
just horrible. We went all back into the
jury room and there was a lot of quiet,
a lot of hugs, and just everybody was
just kind of sick.
>> That did it. That did it. The state has
no more witnesses. The state rests. >> Okay.
>> Okay.
>> And then Maxwell Anderson's defense
rested without calling a single witness.
>> Is it still your decision not to testify?
testify?
>> That is my decision.
>> The jurors headed to deliberate, but
they didn't deliberate for long. After
breaking for the night, the jury had a
verdict in less than an hour.
We want to come in here and we want to
make a statement with how fast we make
this decision.
>> We, the jury, find the defendant,
Maxwell Anderson, guilty of firstdegree
intentional homicide, guilty of
mutilating a corpse, guilty of arson of
property other than a building,
>> guilty of Shade Robinson's murder.
>> As to count,
>> but two months later, Maxwell Anderson
decided to tell his story.
>> Mr. Anderson, what would you like to say?
>> Look at the birthday girl hooking on her
birthday. Look at her.
This is the most heinous crime this
court will see. It doesn't get more
serious than this.
Shade Robinson's family was determined
to see that Maxwell Anderson would never
be free again. They spoke directly to
the judge at his sentencing,
17-year-old Adriana.
>> When Maxwell Anderson murdered my
sister, he redefined my definition of
misfortune. He made it to where I cannot
meet any person without the fear that
they're going to harm or kill me
because all my sister did was meet
someone and as a result he ended her life.
life.
He tried to erase her existence and her
value. Now I no longer have the
opportunity to try and give her
everything she gave me.
>> Shade's father, Carlos Robinson, told
the court what justice would be for him.
To lose your child in this manner is unthinkable.
unthinkable.
What he has done
is inconceivable.
He deserves the punishment that he gave
Everything that he did should be done to him.
him.
Sheena, wearing Shade's favorite color,
pink, on her eyelids, wanted answers
from her daughter's killer.
>> You disrespectfully spread my daughter
across Milwaukee
like a piece of trash. How dare you
>> and she made a heartbreaking plea.
>> I'm going to respectfully request that
you confess
where my daughter's crown is. Shade's
crown, her head, which has still never
been found.
>> You've already done the worst. You can
at least give us that much.
>> But if Shade's family was hoping for
answers, they were disappointed.
>> Mr. Anderson, what would you like to say?
say?
>> Maxwell Anderson finally chose to speak.
I would like to start by saying that
from the bottom of my heart, my deepest
and most sincere condolences go out to
Shade's family as well as everyone else
affected by this tragedy.
That being said, your honor, I did not
commit these crimes.
I hope and pray that further
investigations not only prove my
innocence, but find and deliver true justice.
justice.
You would think that he would tell us
the things we wanted to know and finally
feel some remorse after sitting in jail
for these months and then he didn't.
>> Anything else you wish to say?
>> No, ma'am.
>> Judge Laura Crell read a statement
Anderson made to an investigator after
his conviction. He regretted he did not
walk Miss Robinson to her vehicle when
she left his apartment, and he believed
it was at that point she was abducted by
an unknown asalant. Quote, "Either from
the alley or from my backyard," unquote.
When asked how he accounted for his
presence in the area where Miss
Robinson's vehicle was set on fire, Mr.
Anderson said that he was set up.
>> You're hearing this stuff and you're like,
like, >> "No,
>> "No, >> nope."
>> nope."
What do you think happened that night?
>> I believe that they went back to his house.
house.
I think he may have wanted to take
things further than she was comfortable
with and that maybe she rejected him and
his rather well doumented temper came out.
out.
>> And Donner suspects Anderson would have
killed again.
>> I think this was his first time killing.
I could be wrong, but that's my opinion.
I do firmly believe though that it
probably wouldn't be his last if he
hadn't been caught, given what he did to
her body.
Chloe wonders if she could have been one
of his targets.
A year after they broke up, she says
Maxwell sent her a message on Instagram
>> and it was ignore time is over.
Five hours later, Maxwell Anderson met
Shade Robinson when she applied for that job.
job.
>> It's got to give you the chills. It's eerie.
eerie.
>> Before sentencing Anderson, Judge Cllo
took a moment to share her own thoughts
about the loss of Shade Robinson.
She was a girl that I would hope all
young ladies strive to be.
>> Hey guys. She was loved in the community
by almost everyone that touched her.
>> We love you forever.
>> You stole a truly shining light is what
it sounds like.
>> And then she gave the man who stole that
light the maximum.
>> You shall be sentenced to imprisonment
for life.
I am ordering that you will not be
eligible for extended supervision.
life without the possibility of parole.
>> Thank you guys for supporting us.
>> Outside the courthouse, Shade's loved
ones thanked the city of Milwaukee for
keeping her memory alive.
>> I do appreciate the city of Milwaukee
cuz they have shown my daughter a lot of love.
love.
>> A mural of Shade sits beneath her
beloved pizza shuttle. Sheena has
launched a program in Shade's honor to
help crime victims and she has partnered
with a Wisconsin state representative to
create a task force to examine and
prevent the disproportionately high
levels of violence against black women
and girls.
In May of 2024, Adriana, dressed in a
pink cap and gown, accepted Shade's
degree at what should have been her big
sister's graduation.
Seeing her live her life as such a hard
worker who never let anything stop her.
I knew that she would want me to do that
after I lost her, that she would want me
to keep living.
And so I'm going to remember her by
following in her footsteps and fill the
hole that she left. Although I know I
can never live up to anywhere near her shoes.
shoes.
>> I don't know about that.
>> I do.
in Waramont Park, the site where this
tragic investigation began. Shade's
family and friends unveiled a memorial
bench. It's in the area Detective Donner
has searched dozens of times in the
hopes of fulfilling Shade's loved ones
deepest wish of laying all of Shade to rest.
rest.
>> Do you think we'll ever find Shadi's crown?
crown?
>> I think so. When the lake is ready to
Welcome to Postmortem. I'm 48 Hours
correspondent Natalie Morales filling in
for Anie Green who is on the other side
of the mic to talk about her latest
report on the murder of 19-year-old
Shade Robinson. Thanks for joining me,
Anarie. Thanks, Natalie. I'm looking
forward to talking about this.
>> Now, this all started when the Milwaukee
Fire Department responded to a vehicle
that was set on fire in April of 2024.
Turns out that car belonged to Sha Day,
but nobody could get a hold of her.
Well, that same day, a body part from an
unidentified female washed up on a
remote beach on the Wisconsin shoreline
of Lake Michigan. And Emory Shade's
friends also hadn't heard from her since
she went on a date the night before.
Right. Yeah. And in fact, it was one of
her co-workers at Pizza Shuttle that
really raised the alarm. She was
concerned that Shade hadn't showed up
for work. She's such a good employee.
She would never just not show up. She
just couldn't let it go. And she was the
one who contacted police.
>> Well, good for her for for following
through with that. And you you also talk
about in this hour as we see how much
security footage played a part in in
helping, you know, police put the pieces
of this puzzle together. Absolutely. I
mean, I think we all know that there's a
lot of, you know, surveillance cameras
around, security cameras, ring cameras.
We know that we're on camera a lot. But
in this case, it wasn't just sort of the
places that you would expect, like the
lobby of her apartment building, but
that remote area of the park, Wan Park,
was just it was remarkable that they
even had video from there. And Shade in
particular left kind of digital
breadcrumbs pretty much everywhere. And
that is part of what led to police
honing in on Maxwell Anderson so
quickly. There are eyes in the sky
everywhere. As we can see throughout
this hour, we're going to talk about it
all. But first, I want to remind our
listeners and our viewers, if you
haven't listened or watched this episode
yet, please go ahead and do that right
now. Go check it out and come on back
and join our conversation. So, Ann
Marie, at first while watching the
episode, I thought that this was going
to be one of those dating app horror
stories. Turns out though that Shadeai
actually met Maxwell Anderson in person
before their date, right? I mean, this
is the oldfashioned way, right? Um, she
was looking for yet another job. She
already had two jobs and she was looking
for a third one at the bar. Uh, she
meets him there. He's working there. And
so, yeah, why not think it's okay to go
out on a date? This is a young woman who
has everything going for her. She's
unbelievably driven. She wants to enter
the Air Force. She's finishing up uh her
education. She's going places. And this
one person, you know, ruined everything.
Such a tragic turn. She had everything
and would seem to be doing everything
right. The first person we meet in this
episode, she's so fascinating, is the
detective, Joe Donner. And you know, I
wasn't quite sure what to make of her
fashion sense. I mean, she's incredible.
It she's like something out of another
era almost. And and that is deliberate.
That is by design. Um she is just one of
those people that's really into 1940s
and 1950s
fashion and the aesthetic of the time.
She actually owns a vintage clothing
store and she does these like online
social media sales where she, you know,
well, she'll show like the latest haul
that she's gotten and people all over
the world tune in to buy stuff from her.
Um, she does these, I guess, pinup
contest. We're not talking burles stuff,
right? We're talking about people who
dress like in the era. Her pinup name is
misdemeanor. How appropriate is that,
Natalie? Um, and so yeah, she's got this
whole fascinating other side to her, but
boy is she a damn good investigator.
>> She sure is. And when she gets down to
business, she really gets down to
business. As we see now, it was
Detective Donner who took you to that
remote beach, showed you around. Uh,
what was it like? The beach is an
interesting spot. It's quite desolate.
Though there's a road leading down
there, there's a big fence. You can't
drive down there. You have to know the
pathway to take to get down there. And
certainly people come down there to walk
their dogs or maybe just to get away,
but you would have to really know that
that spot is there to venture down
there. I wouldn't go down there and I
wouldn't go down there alone. She also
took you to the place where they have
Shadeai's burned vehicle. Yeah. So,
seeing the car, I mean, it was almost a
little emotional because it is
absolutely charred. But even though
Maxwell Anderson tried to get rid of
every stitch of evidence, he fails to
get rid of some really crucial evidence.
Three pieces of crucial evidence where
the driver's seat is situated. That
doesn't change. So they know that, you
know, Shade probably wasn't driving that
car. But then her purse is found
basically intact. I mean, it's singed,
but it's found underneath the car seat.
And the clothes she was wearing that
night, those are in the trunk of the
car. and finding that car really helped
to speed up this investigation as well.
>> Yeah, that was what was so fascinating.
I never thought about that clue of
measuring the seat distance and that
being a a big clue into the height of
the individual who last drove the car,
which would turn out to be really
important in helping solve this case.
>> And I should say that the other officer,
right, uh Donigan, who was the one who
was called to do a check on her
apartment, she was crucial. She said to
us that that day she was getting ready
for work and like the news was on in the
background and she kind of heard about a
body part being found, you know, and
then she gets this call to go to the
apartment and like immediately she has
this gut reaction. She went on a date.
She's not here now. I heard about this
this news report about a body part and
she was also really significant in
speeding up the investigation because if
it had not moved forward as quickly as
it did, uh Donna really feels like
there's a good possibility that a lot of
that really crucial video would have
been lost. Let's also talk though about
Shadeai's younger sister Adriana. I mean
her ability to offer up data on Shadeai
via Life 360 the app. I mean, it proved
to be invaluable, right?
>> Yeah, exactly. Um, Detective Donner
calls Adriana the quiet backbone of the
family. And I don't know how Adriana was
able to keep a level head in the middle
of all of this chaos. I've never ever
ever met an adult, much less a teenager,
with the type of presence that this
young girl has. I'm glad it came through
in the hour. She's remarkable and she
was able to provide the information
about the life 360 app. She could show
them um where Shade had gone. She could
show them that she had been at Maxwell
Anderson's house at around 9:30. She
could show according to the Life 360 app
that at 2:53 the phone arrived at
Waramont Park. All of these things were
crucial. that Life 360 app. That was
something the minute my kids got their
driver's license. I put it on their
phones because it goes beyond the find
my feature. You can actually track if
they're going and driving above the
speed limit. It gives you an alert. So,
it's an incredible tool. Yeah, I had
never heard of the app before. I have
since put it on my phone um because it
really is um remarkable the amount of
detail. It helped investigators
literally kind of like walk the path
that Shadeai did um to figure this whole
thing out.
>> Well, this brings us to the man who was
then charged with Shadeai Robinson's
murder, Maxwell Anderson. Tell us about
him. So, this guy's, you know, as you
can imagine, an interesting character.
He's 33 years old. Shane was a teenager.
She's 19. We spoke to his ex-girlfriend
Khloe. And Khloe also was very young
when they started dating. Perhaps
praying on their vulnerability.
>> Exactly. Even before he met Shade, he
had a criminal record, operating a
vehicle while intoxicated, disorderly
conduct. And you saw in the hour that he
was arrested for battery against a
bystander who tried to intervene. He he
was apparently having an argument with
one of his girlfriends and he ended up
pleading guilty to a lesser charge for that.
that.
>> What was really fascinating and and kind
of alarming in my opinion was when
detectives did search his apartment,
they found he had a large collection of
knives in his apartment, which I mean
that really raised my eyebrow. Yeah. 51
knives in the kitchen alone. Um I like
to cook. I have a lot of knives, but I
certainly don't have a collection like that.
that.
>> No, I know. And and you know, I'm I'm
pretty sure investigators were hopeful
that amongst those knives, they would
find something that maybe he played a
role in this case, and that that simply
wasn't the case. Chloe says that he sort
of fancied himself a handyman, but he
was always starting projects that he
would never finish. But there were two
projects she said that he did finish in
the time that she knew him and they were
both secret compartments and she sort of
described how you would like touch
something and then a a compartment would
pop out. Um we we didn't know what he
was hiding in those compartments. The
other curious tidbit, investigators
found tons of women's clothing in his
house. random items. Um, you know,
shirts, pants, not necessarily like all
intimate items. Um, Khloe wonders if
some of the clothes might be hers. They
also found the ID of a woman. They did
track the woman down. She's alive and
well. Um, a couple of other interesting
things about that house. The house is
actually sort of split. He owns the
house, but he lived on the second floor
and then there was a tenant on the first
floor. Apparently, the tenant complained
a lot about the noise. Uh Anderson,
Maxwell Anderson had um dogs. He would
complain about the dogs making too much
noise upstairs. The tenant was home the
night Shadeai went over there and never
heard a thing. Did investigators have a
theory as to how Shade Robinson could
have been killed without making any sort
of noise? Strangulation perhaps? It's a
silent death. Yeah, I was going to say
that could have been, you know, a way
someone could have been killed without
making a lot of noise and and certainly
without a lot of blood, which is also
something else that they didn't find.
Um, you know, he goes on the date with
her April 1st. He's arrested by April 4th.
On April 12th, 2024, the sheriff's
office announced that the remains found
on that remote beach were identified as
belonging to Shadeai Robinson. And on
that same day, Maxwell Anderson was
formally charged with firstdegree
intentional homicide, mutilation of a
corpse, and arson. He would plead not
guilty to all the charges. Now, one of
the worries for detective Joe Donner was
that there wasn't any direct evidence
linking Maxwell Anderson to the case,
but it didn't seem an jury really needed
that so much, right? No, it was really
the last piece of evidence that sealed
his fate. We spoke to a number of
jurors, but one juror Becca talked about
seeing those photos that Maxwell
Anderson had taken on his phone and then
deleted. They are photos of Shade. You
can see his hand on her. he's touching,
you know, intimate areas of her body.
And that basically did it for these
jurors. I want to read a little bit of
what Becca had to say about this. She
said, "I mean, I personally felt like I
had lived the last few hours of Shade's
life with her. And to see her end up
like that was disgusting, humiliating,
just horrible."
>> Yeah. To think that to not know if she
was dead or alive when those photos were
taken. They seem staged almost like a
trophy, but then he deletes them. I
mean, that tells you a lot if you're a
juror, right?
>> It was perhaps the most powerful piece
of evidence that the jurors saw,
>> right? That along with, you know, we did
see the footage of the man on the beach
with a backpack. Yeah.
>> Also, then you saw the surveillance
footage of the man leaving the burnt car
and then you see clearly Maxwell
Anderson's face when he hops onto a city
bus. I mean, thank goodness that
security footage was very crisp and
clear. You could clearly see his face.
>> Oh, absolutely. Well, and then it turns
out the defense didn't call any
witnesses. So, the jury didn't take very
long to deliberate. Anderson was found
guilty of intentional homicide,
mutilation of a corpse, and arson.
Although he continues to maintain his
innocence at his sentencing, Shadeai's
mother, father, and sister, they weren't
having any of that.
>> No. Um, they were very outspoken. Shad's
mother is, you know, really, she's been
dealing with a lot of stuff even before
the disappearance and the murder of her
daughter. Um, she's been dealing with
sort of health stuff. And so it it
really took a lot out of her and she has
kept the fight going. But it wasn't just
the family members that spoke. Maxwell
Anderson's father also spoke. Um he was
crying. He said Shade's family, he
thought about them every single day. He
said that he loved his son and that he
hoped for a path for his son uh that
would allow his son to become a positive
influence in some way. There was also
members of the community that sent in
letters because like the whole city was
moved by this murder. And there was one
particular letter from an anonymous
person that even the jurors said had a
significant impact on them. And I just
I'm going to read some portions of this
because I think it really captures the
way the entire city of Milwaukee felt
about Shade. Shade Robinson was not a
torso. She was not evidence. She was a
full living radiant human being. She had
dreams, plans, and a future she was
building with pride. She had people who
loved her and that still love her more
than words can hold. And she had a right
to live, to breathe, to laugh, to grow
old. That right was stolen. And it
continues, "But here's what you couldn't
take. You could not mutilate her soul.
You could not silence the scream of
justice. you could not prevent an entire
community from rising up in Shade's name.
name.
>> So beautiful and so moving. I love that
the judge read that letter.
>> It's not surprising because I really
felt like she became the daughter of the
entire city.
people either saw something in her that
they felt was also in them or in, you
know, a young woman that they know,
whether it's a daughter or a friend. Um,
and they really rallied around this
family, which I thought was significant,
Natalie, because the reality of it is is
that there often are times when young
black women are victims of crime and
they don't get the same level of
attention, right? And I just want to
read a statistic out. This is Columbia
University study. In Wisconsin, black
women are 20 times more likely to be
murdered than white women. It's the
worst statistic in the country. The
other thing is that Milwaukee is home to
Jeffrey Dmer. And when you think of of
Dawnmer's crimes, there's a sickening
feeling that comes with it. And this
reminded Milwaukee of that sickening
feeling. Um, and just as a kind of a
side note, when we um traveled there to
do some of our interviews, we stayed in
this really nice old hotel. It was built
sort of in the I think it's in like
1920s, 1930s. But I kind of like cracked
a little joke with the guy at the front
desk and asked him if there were any
ghosts. And then I struck up a
conversation with someone in the
elevator and I mentioned that I was
inquiring about ghosts and he said,
"Well, you know, you know what happened
on the fifth floor?" And it turns out
the hotel we stayed in was a hotel that
Jeffrey Dawnmer killed one of his
victims in. But I got to tell you, I
slept with the lights on. I would have too.
too. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh my gosh. I'm surprised you slept at all.
all.
>> Yeah, I know.
>> Back to Shade. As we know, her remains,
they were spread all over the county. We
learned from some friends that they even
found a blanket that had belonged to
Shadeai as well as they found what they
believed was a a human bone in an area
that investigators had already searched.
Um, you talked to Shade's sister Adriana
as well about the ongoing search for
Shade's remains. I wanted to play a
little piece of that.
>> Does it bother you that you know parts
of your sister are still missing?
>> Yeah, it definitely does. I have this
necklace and another one which is a star
that I wear every day that has some of
her ashes in it. So, it's like a part of
her is with me, but knowing that a part
of her isn't with anyone, that it's
It's like she hasn't
been allowed to to to
stop fighting. Like her battle is not
over. like she's never going to be able
to rest in some sense. >> Heartbreakingly, you know, as we saw in
>> Heartbreakingly, you know, as we saw in the sentencing, um Shadeai's mother
the sentencing, um Shadeai's mother asked Maxwell Anderson to confess where
asked Maxwell Anderson to confess where her daughter's crown was, and we're
her daughter's crown was, and we're talking about her head, of course. Um he
talking about her head, of course. Um he though maintained his innocence,
though maintained his innocence, but we do hope that Shade's family will
but we do hope that Shade's family will will get an answer someday. And I know
will get an answer someday. And I know that's that search is ongoing.
that's that search is ongoing. >> Yeah. This is the kind of continued
>> Yeah. This is the kind of continued heartbreak for everyone who cares about
heartbreak for everyone who cares about Shade that all of her has not been
Shade that all of her has not been found. Before we go though, let's end on
found. Before we go though, let's end on something that is so hopeful and
something that is so hopeful and positive and uplifting I think and that
positive and uplifting I think and that is that Shadeai's legacy is her younger
is that Shadeai's legacy is her younger sister Adriana. Adriana, as we
sister Adriana. Adriana, as we mentioned, such a a bright light in this
mentioned, such a a bright light in this world. Well, she accepted Shadeai's
world. Well, she accepted Shadeai's graduation diploma um for her associates
graduation diploma um for her associates degree, but she also has some big news,
degree, but she also has some big news, right? Yeah. So, Adriana is in the top
right? Yeah. So, Adriana is in the top 5% of high school kids in Wisconsin.
5% of high school kids in Wisconsin. She's been accepted to Harvard. She has
She's been accepted to Harvard. She has a 99% scholarship. She doesn't know what
a 99% scholarship. She doesn't know what she's going to do, where she's going to
she's going to do, where she's going to go. But when I say I've never met anyone
go. But when I say I've never met anyone like this, um, I wish her all the luck
like this, um, I wish her all the luck in the world. I she I don't think she
in the world. I she I don't think she needs it. I expect great things from
needs it. I expect great things from Adriana and I cannot wait to watch her
Adriana and I cannot wait to watch her continue to strive and rise and
continue to strive and rise and accomplish and be all the things that we
accomplish and be all the things that we all know she can be, but also that her
all know she can be, but also that her sister knew she could be.
sister knew she could be. >> Well, that is a hopeful way to end this.
>> Well, that is a hopeful way to end this. And uh thank you again for uh your
And uh thank you again for uh your incredible reporting and Marie on this
incredible reporting and Marie on this one. Appreciate it.
one. Appreciate it. >> Always great talking to you, Natalie.
>> Always great talking to you, Natalie. >> And if you liked this episode, please
>> And if you liked this episode, please rate or review on Apple Podcasts or on
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