MILWAUKEE — Maxwell Anderson’s trial began Tuesday, May 27 at 9 a.m.
Before court adjourned for the day, 15 jurors — which includes the official 12-person jury and three alternates — were selected and sworn in. Court will resume at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday.
Anderson, now 34-years-old, faces multiple felony charges — including: first degree intentional homicide, mutilating and hiding a corpse and arson of property other than a building — related to the death of Robinson, according to court records.
Robinson, 19, was reported missing April 2, 2024, by a friend. Robinson was excited about a date she had planned for April 1, 2024, according to a criminal complaint.
Surveillance video showed Robinson and Anderson sitting together during that date at a bar on the evening of April 1, 2024.
Anderson was allegedly the last person to see Robinson alive. The last time anyone else heard from her was that same night when she sent a friend a SnapChat message from Duke’s on Water, a Milwaukee bar.
Her burned car was found the next morning.
In the weeks following, several body parts were found in the Milwaukee area, according to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office. Multiple of those body parts have been identified as belonging to Robinson.
In the criminal complaint, officials said that due to the “circumstances surrounding disappearance of Robinson” and “the recovery of the human leg that was preliminarily identified as Robinson’s,” they have “concluded” that she is dead.
“The facts mentioned in this complaint cause Complainant to conclude that the Defendant intentionally killed and then dismembered Robinson with the intent to conceal the homicide, and it occurred between the arrival at the Defendant’s residence and his departure from the Warnimont Park area,” the complaint reads.
Anderson has pleaded not guilty.
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