Shocking deleted photos key to murderer's conviction: Juror
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Left: Maxwell Anderson hears his guilty verdict (Law&Crime). Right: Sade Robinson (Milwaukee Police Department).

A jury in Wisconsin took less than an hour to convict a man of murdering a 19-year-old woman on their first date and chopping up her body.

Maxwell Anderson, 34, has been found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse, and arson of property other than a building in connection with the death of Sade C. Robinson in April 2024.

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A juror informed the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that a quick verdict was greatly influenced by the shocking and explicit photos Anderson had taken with his phone. Although he attempted to delete these images, investigators successfully recovered them. One particularly disturbing photo showed Anderson holding Robinson’s right breast while she lay either unconscious or deceased on his basement floor. Following her disappearance, body parts of Robinson were discovered washed up on the shores of Lake Michigan, except for her torso, which was never found.

“This is his trophy in a way,” juror Melissa Blascoe told the Journal Sentinel. “Those pictures will be in my mind for quite some time.”

Additional images depicted Robinson’s exposed backside with both her underwear and pants that she had been wearing that night. This crucial photo indicated that Robinson was indeed in Anderson’s basement.

“That was pretty damning evidence that shook everyone,” she told the newspaper. “I physically felt like I was gonna throw up at that point. I know a lot of people were shaking and crying.”

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Testimony during trial also revealed Anderson watched the Netflix animated series “Love, Death and Robots.” After the trial, prosecutors told jurors about the second season finale where a corpse is dismembered on a beach.

“I was like, oh, that’s disgusting because that could have been where he got some of his ideas or fantasies,” Blascoe told the Journal Sentinel.

Robinson’s family reported her missing after she disappeared following her date. Her mother said she plans on keeping her daughter’s voice alive by being an advocate for missing persons.

“She will forever be remembered as an angel, Sheena Scarbrough told reporters following the verdict.

Prosecutors proved at trial that Anderson spent months prepping his basement by covering it from ceiling to floor with painter’s tarp. There was also a sanitation sink and three saws. The defendant faces a life behind bars when he’s sentenced Aug. 15.

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