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MILWAUKEE — The homicide trial of Maxwell Anderson enters day 5 in a MIlwaukee County courtoom.
Anderson faces four felony charges including 1st degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, arson to property other than a building, and hiding a corpse in the death and dismemberment of 19-year-old Sade Robinson.
8:50 a.m. – The state began the day Monday calling Pete Worbington to the stand, a former tenant in the lower unit of the building Anderson lived in on Milwaukee’s south side. Worbington testified he had known Anderson for several years, including that they played Little League together.
Worbington explained that Anderson owned a lot of tools and would do several projects around the house. He noted Anderson was a noisy tenant, and that the two had discussed on multiple occasions noise levels.
10:15 a.m. – Assistant Medical Examiner Dr. Lauren Decker was next to take the stand Monday. Dr. Decker supervised Robinson’s autopsy. Images of Robinson’s dismembered lower leg were shown in court, and Dr. Decker indicated that the leg was cut off after Robinson’s death.
Dr. Decker said Robinson’s autopsy was “very unusual” given the period of time body parts came in to the medical examiner’s office. The last body part was received by the medical examiner’s office on June 19th, 2024.
A toxicology report conducted on the muscle in Robinson’s leg found caffeine, but no alcohol or illegal drugs.
According to Dr. Decker, Robinson’s manner of death was determined to be homicide by unspecified means.
