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The household of 19-year-old Sade Robinson, the Black teen tragically murdered in Milwaukee after a date with a white male suspect in April 2024, is enduring immense emotional turmoil as they put together for a attainable trial.
In an interview with WISN 12, printed on Feb. 25, Robinson’s mom, Sheena Scarbrough, described being in a state of “trauma” and “shock” because the devastating lack of her daughter. Robinson, a university pupil at Concordia College, went on a date with 20-year-old Maxwell Anderson on April 1. She was reported lacking instantly afterward. The next day, April 2, investigators found the 19-year-old’s severed leg on the seashore at Warnimont Park, after a passerby made the grim discovery. Investigators additionally discovered her car, which had “excessive fireplace harm,” and several other different physique elements scattered within the surrounding space just a few days after.
“Trauma. Shock. I can’t consider what’s happening. It is a waking nightmare,” Scarbrough instructed the outlet of how she has been feeling since that dreadful day.
Anderson has since pleaded not responsible to first-degree intentional murder, mutilating a corpse and arson for his alleged position within the loss of life of Robinson. In keeping with Fox Information, he appeared in Milwaukee County courtroom on Monday morning, Feb. 10, the place a trial date was set for Might 2025. He’ll stay on a $5 million bail.
Right here’s what we all know thus far concerning the case.
Surveillance footage obtained by Fox 6 Now on Feb. 10 confirmed the teenager on a date with Anderson at a bar and restaurant in Menomonee Valley. The 2 had been seen sitting on the bar earlier than leaving collectively. Court docket paperwork reveal that later that evening, on April 1, they went to a bar on Water Avenue. Scarbrough by no means heard from her daughter after that day.
In keeping with courtroom paperwork obtained by the outlet, Robinson’s foot was later found close to thirtieth and Galena, just some blocks from the place her burned-out automotive was discovered. Surveillance footage captured a person, believed to be Anderson, strolling away from the world. He was later seen boarding a bus again to his house on the town’s south facet.
When authorities searched Anderson’s residence, courtroom paperwork revealed that investigators discovered swabs of stains and girls’s clothes, a few of which had been hidden within the basement.
Scarbrough is hopeful {that a} job power devoted to addressing circumstances of lacking Black ladies might be established.
Within the wake of the devastating loss, the grieving mom is now decided to spare different households from experiencing the identical heartbreak. She is collaborating with Senator LaTonya Johnson and Consultant Sheila Stubbs to advocate for a statewide job power centered on Lacking and Murdered African American Ladies and Women.
In keeping with the Wisconsin Examiner, the proposed job power is modeled after one throughout the Division of Justice that addresses lacking and murdered Indigenous girls. The purpose is to look at the systemic components that contribute to violence in opposition to Black girls and ladies. A invoice to create the duty power was handed by the state Meeting in February 2024, however it didn’t obtain a vote within the Senate. Below the proposed invoice, the duty power would include 17 members, together with state legislators, representatives from regulation enforcement, authorized organizations, and teams that present companies to Black girls and ladies.
Scarbrough understands the heart-wrenching challenges households face when a cherished one is first reported lacking. When search efforts by the Milwaukee Police Division (MPD) stalled, she, together with household and buddies, took issues into their very own fingers. They searched tirelessly throughout Milwaukee County in a determined try to search out Robinson. Their efforts led to the invention of the teenager’s blanket, deserted in a wooded space close to thirty first and Galena, as reported by WISN 12. The invention prompted MPD to return to the world the place they discovered “extra human stays,” officers revealed throughout an April 12 press convention.
The taskforce is vital as murder charges amongst Black girls in Wisconsin are excessive. A 2024 examine discovered that between 2019 and 2022, Black girls aged 25–44 years had been 20 instances extra prone to die by murder than white girls. Scarbrough is determined to determine why.
“Sade is talking to me, and she or he needs us to have the ability to assist others,” Scarbrough mentioned. “Hearken to the tales of people like myself and what I’ve needed to undergo. And what many different people within the BIPOC neighborhood should undergo — and the way strongly that is wanted.”
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