A Milwaukee man was charged Friday with murder and mutilation of a corpse after a severed leg believed to be that of a missing 19-year-old woman was found earlier this month, authorities said.
Maxwell Anderson, 33, a person of interest in Sade Robinson’s disappearance who was arrested last week, was charged Friday morning, authorities said.
The severed leg was found on April 2, Milwaukee County Sheriff Denita Ball said at a news conference, and was preliminarily identified as belonging to Robinson.
Milwaukee police also found human remains at three locations, including near train tracks, on April 5 and 6, but their identification is still pending, Milwaukee Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said.
“This is a horrible tragedy,” Norman said. He and Ball said their departments’ thoughts and prayers were with the Robinson family.
The district attorney’s office charged Anderson with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse and arson of property other than buildings, Ball said.
On April 3, Milwaukee police asked the public for help find Robinson, who was last seen on April 1 and considered a “serious missing person.”
Anderson was considered a “person of interest” on April 4, two days after the leg was found, and was arrested following a traffic stop, Ball said. A search was conducted of his home, but authorities did not say Friday what was found.
Authorities also have not revealed a motive, citing an ongoing investigation.
Ball said investigators believe Robinson and Anderson may have met at Anderson’s workplace, but are working to confirm that.
The investigation is ongoing and law enforcement continues to search for Robinson’s remains, Ball said. Investigators have no information that anyone else was involved, she said.
“We do not believe there are other victims out there and that the person responsible for this heinous crime has been arrested,” Ball said.
An attorney listed as representing Anderson did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. Anderson was ordered held in custody in lieu of $5 million bond, court and jail records show.
“This is justice for Sade,” Robinson’s mother, Sheena Scarbrough, said Friday of the criminal charges, Milwaukee NBC affiliate WTMJ reported.
Family members said they will continue to search for the remains of their loved ones.
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