That night she was murdered by Maxwell Anderson and there was a a severed leg. >> A severed human leg. >> Yes. >> Her head, her right breast have never been found. He succeeded in getting rid of those. >> Shade Robinson was just 19, a college student with her whole life ahead. On April 1st, 2024, she went on her first date with a man named Maxwell Anderson. A few hours later, her car was found burning in an empty lot, but she was missing. >> We the jury find Maxwell Anderson guilty of first-degree intentional homicide is charged in count one. Another reading as we the jury find Max find the defendant Maxwell Anderson guilty of firstdegree reckless homicide. >> In the courtroom, the truth hit hard. This wasn't an accident or a sudden anger. Everything was planned and carefully done. This was the turning point. There was no running now, just a man facing the consequences of his terrible actions. >> That night she was murdered by Max Anderson. Her body was dismembered by Maxwell Anderson in a vicious and gruesome manner. And then Maxwell Anderson attempted to make her disappear from this world by discarding her body into part body parts into Lake Michigan and then taking her car and burning it behind an abandoned building near 30th in Lisbon. Maxwell Anderson intentionally killed Shade Robinson and then sought to have her disappear from this world. He cut up her body, tried to get rid of her body parts, and tried to cover it up in any way that he could. For doing this, he has been charged with four crimes. First-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse, arson of property for burning the car, and hiding a corpse. >> 32 head south on 45 southbound for any weapons items, sir? No, >> I don't think >> What's going on? >> Yeah, somebody just uh radio up in the ignition. Yes. I'm just going to unbutton this just a second. Okay. >> Yeah. >> Go ahead. >> Said nothing on you at all. Right. Nothing's going to poke me or anything like that. >> Service 1317 hours. Last name of Bank, first name of Ronald. Copy that. Then came the shocking moment. A beach, a stranger, and something half buried in the sand that shouldn't have been there. A witness found a human leg. >> So, what happened at the beach that made you remember this day? >> Um, uh, we were walking down there and there was a a severed leg. >> A severed human leg. >> Yes. >> Okay. Where was that? Uh, it was near the end of the trail down there. >> What drew your attention to the leg? >> Um, it was a pretty narrow path, so it's kind of hard to miss. Um, at first we thought it was like a mannequin leg, but then we got a closer look and realized what it really was. >> How'd that make you feel? >> Um, it's kind of hard to say. Even now, I don't think it's really hit me. But yeah, >> back in court, the man's innocent act was completely gone. The prosecutors showed exactly what happened. Every move, every lie, every detail. >> Ladies and gentlemen, the reason Maxwell Anderson went to work the next day and didn't cut his hair or or do any of that stuff is because he thought he got away with it. Because he did it alone. He did it in the middle of the night. So, leaving town, doing that stuff, that brings attention to yourself. That's also why he sends that text message to her the next morning. Hey, morning. How's work going? He's trying to cover up. He thought he was going to get away with it. That's the whole point. Because everything he did the night of this incident was done in the middle of the night in a secluded place that he knew was secluded that he took her to and cut her up. He thought he got away with it. Next, we see the body cam from the beach. The leg was real, lying cold in the sand. They walked down the S-curve from Sheridan, started walking south just for a fun, you know, rough day on the beach. Right there walking that, see that leg right there? >> Said that he was up about approximately where the end of that stick is that, you know, branches >> by the right bushes. Said that they saw up like up on the hill kind of. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Said that he him and his buddy who's in my squad right now walked out, called us, and then when he came back, it was about I don't know maybe 7 ft 7 ft. You saw the rock. >> I moved it just for evidence purposes. >> Okay. So, they get swept away. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> What did you observe about the leg when you saw it? >> Uh, the toenails were painted with pink nail polish. Um, based on the size of the leg, um, I could estimate that the person that the leg came from was rather short. Um, the leg didn't appear to be decomposing in any type of way. So I was estimating that it had been placed there relatively, you know, short time ago. >> Before the tragedy, a video appeared showing shot A. Robinson alive, smiling, sitting next to Maxwell Anderson at a bar. It was the last time she was seen safe. >> Mr. Anderson, what has he ordered that you can see? It appears that he just ordered a beer. >> Okay. >> So by 5:21 they're seated together at the bar. >> Correct. Good luck, guys. You too. >> Security footage showed him running from the beach. No hesitation, no looking back, just a man fleeing the scene. he claimed he had nothing to do with. >> And the silhouette's now visible in between the trees. And now the silhouette appears to be hunched over. Um there are rocks and other things to climb over in that area. The silhouette then moves down and disappears from camera. >> Then came the defense. Twisted stories and clever excuses were used to try and manipulate the >> They went out together and went back to Max's house, but that doesn't mean he killed her. How did he do it? And why did he do it? Why would he ever do something like that? They didn't find a murder weapon. What weapon was used to kill Shade? They didn't find any of Shade's blood with all the samples they took throughout that entire house. every comforter, bed sheet, tabletop, wall, none of it has Shade's DNA. They looked at everything about Max. Internet history, text message history. His text messages with Shade weren't deleted. They looked through his uh search history. Did he has he researched how to cut up a body or how to kill someone? No. Absolutely not. No evidence of that. Max had nothing to do with these crimes. And the law says it's not enough for him to look guilty or maybe be guilty or there's a few bad things that look bad. They have to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. The idea that this happened by chance fell apart. The timeline, the tools, the way the body was hidden. It was all planned. Everything showed one thing. This was meant to end in death. >> Let's talk about blood. You saw the images of her on that couch. She's out of it. She is gone. There's no blood in there. You heard from the medical examiner how people can die without blood. Strangulation, suffocation. It's no coincidence that she is face down in his cushions in those that she is so out of it that he's able to lift her shirt up and grab her breast and yank her pants off without her putting up a struggle. We know as well that the dismemberment, remember the medical examiner talking about the vital reactions, that there were no vital reactions at the areas of amputation. That means no bleeding because she was dead when it happened. And he's doing it down at the lakefront on the shores of a lake on a rainy night. And he talks about no mud, no blood on the shoes or anything like that. He's got this massive backpack with him that he gets rid of that has never been found. The hoodie, why is it in someone else's dumpster? Why is the hoodie not a hoodie you were wearing while on the date, but a hoodie you're driving around in the middle of the night with? Why is it in a dumpster two houses down? Why is her DNA on it? It's because he's the one driving her car around, taking her body to Waramont Park. No intent to kill. What about all the horrible, disgusting, gruesome things that he did to her body? That shows intent to kill. He brought up this hair on the proximal bone and his argument was Max was excluded from that hair. Do you remember whose hair that was? It was Shade's hair. He failed to mention that part just now, just like he failed to bring up the latex gloves he brought up in his opening and said, "Uh, certainly these gloves played a role in this crime." That was a quote. What a joke. Next, surveillance showed him coming from the same direction where the car was later found, burned and abandoned, calm, steady, with no hurry, just returning from a place already in flames. As you can see, he's carrying a very large uh backpack. >> What race does he appear to be? >> He appears to be a white male. You can al also notice the soles of the shoes appear to be uh white like a bright white sole or a lighter colored than >> All right, I have it paused at 7:323 a.m. Just going to zoom in on them. The soles you're talking about the shoes down here, correct? >> Yes, that is correct. >> Dark pants. >> Yes. How about the top? >> It appears to be a a dark hooded sweatshirt or zip-up jacket >> and large backpack. >> Yes. >> In the courtroom, the pieces finally came together. Every frame, every footprint, every lie led straight to him. [Music] All right. >> Are you able to see the two chest pockets here? >> Yes, sir. >> Do they appear to be the exact same pockets that are on that jacket? >> Yes, sir. And then one of his hands is in the lower pockets, right? >> Yes. >> From the beach to the fire, from the security cameras to the bus ride, it all pointed to one person. This wasn't random. It was a story only he could have created. >> Why on earth is he walking around behind an abandoned building where the woman who he was on a date with the night before his car is getting set into flames and he's just casually walking away. And you did hear from the woman who saw him do it. You heard her on the video. You saw her point to him and say, "He did it. Call the fire department." What's that all about? It's because he's the one who lit the car on fire to cover up all of this and calmly walk away because he's trying to get away. He's trying not to draw attention to himself. >> Cameras caught the car just moments before it was set on fire. >> What do you see? Uh if you notice towards the top of the screen, uh you're going to see a vehicle that appears to be Sha Robinson's vehicle. [Music] Snowman paused at 2:15. I'm going to switch back real briefly to the map. What we just watched was that vehicle which appeared consistent with a Honda Civic, right? >> Yes. It traveled northbound on 30th Street through the intersection right here of Lisbon. Correct. >> Yes, that is correct. >> That's what we just watched. >> Yes. >> And in a little bit, if we get there today, did you also uh recover a video coming from where that car came from? >> Yes. >> And where is that video on this map? >> Uh that video is going to be from the HAR Cylinder Services and that's located at 1651 North 30th Street. >> All right. So the video that you got from here actually would precede what we just watched and it shows that car going up 30th. Correct. >> Yes, that is correct. >> The car was still whole, still moving, but already doomed for destruction. >> All right. You see see the car there? >> Yes. >> And the window is rolling up? >> Yes. >> Okay. Able to see anybody in the passenger seat? >> Uh, no. And it appears that there's a heavy amount of condensation uh on the windows. >> Continuing from 65037. >> The vehicle makes a northbound turn onto 30th Street. Correct. >> Yes, it does. >> The most important moment was on camera. A witness directly identified him in real time. No doubt, no uncertainty, just undeniable recognition. >> That subject who who walked out um from the right side, just to be very clear, right around the corner of this building up here, that's where her car was set on fire. Correct. >> Yes, that is correct. He did that. >> He did that. What did you hear her yelling after that? >> After he she after you heard he did that. >> Then she's staying to call the police. Call the ambulance. >> And where does she point? >> She points in the direction where the subject walks off to. And she's pointing to where the vehicle fire was located. Right after that, he boarded a bus, calm, collected, leaving without a trace of panic, as if nothing had happened. Alina. Huh? [Music] Okay. [Music] In court, the timeline was laid out perfectly. Every second matched the evidence. No gaps, no guesses, just the clock moving through each moment of the crime. And by 5:29, Shade's leg is found on April 2nd. By 9:00 p.m. that day, she's reported missing and the welfare checks begin. By 1 p.m. on the 4th, Mr. Anderson's arrested. And we know that in the subsequent days and month later, April 18th, May 11th, additional body parts are found. Her head, her right breast have never been found. He succeeded in getting rid of those. That's what happened. Those are the facts. That's what the evidence showed. Now you have to decide based on the law given to you the crimes. >> What he did behind closed doors wasn't human. It was planned, cold, something only a monster could do. There was no mercy, only control. >> The defendant caused the death of Shotti Robinson. Caused the death by criminally reckless conduct under circumstances that showed utter disregard for human life. Did he show any regard for life at all? No. And we know from before that she is coherent. She is not drinking excess excessively. She's in control of herself. But by 12:05, she is completely incapacitated, face down on his couch. And Anderson is grabbing her exposed right breast with no reaction from her whatsoever. He's pulling her pants down, taking photos while doing these things. This shows she was completely incapacitated if not deceased by that time. He intentionally picks an abandoned building to leave her car behind. Something that can't he has no connection to. Intentionally stuffs her clothing that she is wearing that night. The underpants literally pulled off of her body still in the jeans when they're found partially burned in her trunk. Stuffs her clothes in her trunk. uses a petroleum distillate to light the car on fire. All of that stuff was done on purpose. >> Buried in the trash was a sweatshirt, the same one he wore that night, soaked in silence and stained with the truth. >> After Robinson disappeared, detectives found a severed foot along with pieces of human flesh right near a set of railroad tracks. Investigators said the area was filled with heavy debris, making it very difficult for detectives to determine what was connected to the Robinson case and what was trash. >> One detective found a pink blanket with Shotti Robinson's face on it, also near the place where her car was torched. >> In court, prosecutors are trying to connect the car fire scene to where those human remains were found since they're in the same neighborhood. Jurors were shown photos of the severed foot and also of the entire crime scene, which was covered with trash. Detectives on the stand described how difficult the search was due to the weather and debris. >> And then we've got a mattress and some other items on the ground. Right. >> Yes. I I don't recall exactly if that was a mattress or a box. >> Then they searched his home. Drawers, floors, hidden corners. Nothing felt normal. And what they discovered inside made the nightmare even worse. Did you locate anything of note in the basement? >> We did, >> such as >> we located the car heart shirt that he was seen wearing um on video earlier. >> Where did you locate that shirt? >> In the dryer. >> The shirt that you're referring to, is it depicted in exhibit 241? >> Yes. >> Is that that shelf? >> Yes, it is. >> And can you see anything specifically on top of the shelf? Yes, we located another knife. >> Showing you exhibit 388. What is that? >> A closeup of the knife that we located. >> The jury came back without hesitation. Every lie, every clue, every cruel act pointed to one conclusion. When the verdict came, it didn't just convict him, it condemned him. We the jury find the defendant Maxwell Anderson guilty of firstdegree intentional homicide as charged in count one of the information. As to count two, we the jury find the defendant Maxwell Anderson guilty of mutilating a corpse as charged in count two of the information. As to count three, we the jury find the defendant Maxwell Anderson guilty of arson of property other than a building as charged in count three of the information. As to count four, we the jury find the defendant Maxwell Anderson guilty of hiding a corpse as charged in count four of the information. >> Guilty on all counts. Murder, mutilation, arson, and concealment. There was no escape. The mask was gone. The lies were over. And Maxwell Anderson was finally facing justice. That ends the case of Maxwell Anderson. A story of control, cruelty, and consequences. 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