MILWAUKEE– Tuesday was Day 6 of the Maxwell Anderson trial. The witnesses included primarily detectives who had either viewed surveillance footage or taken part in the search of Maxwell Anderson’s South Milwaukee home.
The End of the Date
According to surveillance footage, Sade Robinson and Maxwell Anderson were seen leaving Duke’s on Water on Water Street a little after 9 p.m. This is confirmed to be the last time Sade Robinson was publicly seen alive.
Anderson’s Home
Detective Kayla Bjerke testified to the items found inside Anderson’s home. She said that over 51 knives were found in the kitchen alone, with seven knife sharpeners. She also said they found a gun, an axe, various drug paraphernalia, journals and other writings, tools, a corkboard will bills, and his wallet.
She also testified that they located the shirt Anderson was seen wearing on his date with Robinson in the dryer. They did not find the clothing or shoes Anderson was seen wearing in the MCTS bus surveillance footage in the home.
They also did not find any of Sade Robinson’s blood.
She also testified that they consensually searched the lower unit of the residence.
The Sweatshirt
Detective Vincent Lopez testified that in the days that followed the trial, he and his partner searched the block near Anderson’s home. He said after a briefing regarding Sade Robinson, he realized he had missed something in one of the garbage cans. When he went back to the site on April 12, he found a dark-gray sweatshirt inside of a garbage can two houses down from Anderson’s residence.
The gray sweatshirt matches the sweatshirt Anderson was wearing in the MCTS bus surveillance footage. Lopez testified that when he went to put it in an evidence bag, three packs of matches, a lighter, a keychain, and a Swiss army knife fell out of the jacket.
Anderson’s fingerprints were not found on the items in the pockets.
The defense argued that there was a garbage pickup scheduled for Monday, April 8, 2024. The prosecution countered that sometimes the DPW does not necessarily
Private Residence Footage
Detective Rachel Smith testified on the stand regarding hours of surveillance footage caught on a private residence’s security camera across the street from Maxwell Anderson’s residence. She said she personally has watched the surveillance footage from the neighbors home for upwards of 100 hours.
“Human movement” is detected in the home from around 9:30 p.m. until 12:45 p.m. The feed depicts the lights of what is believed to be Sade Robinson’s car pulling into the back of the home, before a motion-activated light turns on, illuminating two silhouettes at they enter the home around 9:30 p.m. During this time in the footage, human movement can be seen in the front window of Anderson’s home, which would be his bedroom window. He is then allegedly seen moving in and out of the house, before all movement ceases at 12:45 a.m. Anderson would not be seen again until surveillance footage caught him walking near the lot where Sade Robinson’s car was found burned.
The trial begins again tomorrow, Wednesday, June 4, at 8:45 a.m.
