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Any weapons on you, sir? No.
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I did not commit these crimes, and so I plan to appeal my convictions.
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And Henderson is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, and arson in connection with the death of 19-year-old
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Shade Robinson. Milwaukee, Wisconsin is a city built on beer, hard work, and a strong sense of
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community. But in April of 2024, that sense of safety was shattered when a
0:29
human leg washed ashore at dawn. At first, police feared it was merely just an accident. But what they found next
0:36
would spiral into one of the most disturbing murder cases that the city has ever seen. And it would take
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investigators on a wild hunt for a killer through surveillance footage, witness reports, and forensic evidence.
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And as people learned of Shardai Robinson and the revoling man behind her murder, many people began to wonder if
0:55
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1:08
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investigate. This is the case of Charardai Robinson.
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Howdy, folks. Our story today begins right here near the cliffs of Warmont Park. The park can be found on the
A grim discovery
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eastern outskirts of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which is a bustling city on the western shore of Lake Michigan.
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Hailed as the brew city, Milwaukee is known for its breweries. But it's also famous for its cheese festivals and
5:20
German cuisine. Basically, all of life's best things. From the sunny beaches along the lake to its lively downtown
5:27
skyline, Milwaukee is charming to everyone. In fact, its name even comes from a Native American term meaning
5:33
pleasant land by the lake. However, nothing in life is always beautiful. And in April of 2024, Milwaukeee's image was
5:41
shattered when a series of horrific events unfolded right in the city's backyard. It was on the morning of April
5:47
the second that a man walking along the cliffs at Warmont Park stumbled upon something in the sand. Now, at first, he
5:55
wasn't quite sure what it was. And when he decided to actually take a closer look, well, that is when he didn't want
6:02
to believe what was right in front of his eyes. It was in that moment that he realized that he had just accidentally
6:09
discovered a severed human leg, and there was no doubt about it either. This
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belonged to a young adult female. Moments later, officers arrived at the crime scene with their body cameras
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capturing the grim moment right here. Take that.
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How's it going? What's up, man? So, this is Evan Millies. He's We've dealt with him before. sometimes mostly
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good guy. He's got in this trouble a couple times, but good dude. Okay, so they're try they walked down the
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S-curve from Sheridan started walking south just for a fun, you know, rough day on the beach right there walking
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that see that leg right there. Said that it was up about approximately where the end of that stick is that, you
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know, branches by the bushes that bushes said they saw it up. So like up on the hill kind of. Yeah.
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Okay. said that he him and his buddy who's in my squad right now walked out, called us and then when we came back it
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was about I don't know maybe 7 ft 7 ft east by the rock. I moved it just for evidence purposes.
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Okay. So it doesn't get swept away. Yeah. Okay. And I documented it well on body cam of different angles of where it was and
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Okay. Cool. All right. We got You want to show me where it is? You should come this way.
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Yeah. Yeah. The first time you see anything here? Yeah. It's the first time you've seen
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anything like this. Yeah. Okay. With this leg being found so close to the shoreline, many people initially
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believed that maybe this was an accident. However, when investigators took a closer look at the leg, they
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realized that due to the nature of how it was dismembered, this very likely was homicide instead. But this would only be
7:48
the beginning of the mystery because that very same morning and on the other side of town, police heard reports of a
7:54
burnedout vehicle. And as it turns out, these two separate cases would actually
7:59
be related. As seen in this body cam footage, it was the charred remains of a
8:04
Honda Civic. And while the interior was destroyed by the flames, the car itself was still clearly identifiable. And
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thankfully, they could even still make out its license plate. Just like the severed leg found on the cliff side,
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investigators would quickly rule this incident as no accident. The fire had obviously been set on purpose, and as
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fire crews examined the scorched vehicle, they also realized that they were recovering burnt clothing from the
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trunk and fragments of an iPhone in the ash. Of course, all of this was chilling
8:36
enough already. But in the days that followed, more body parts began to surface right across the city. For
8:42
example, a human foot was found off 31st and Galina Streets not far from the train tracks that cut through the
8:48
neighborhoods near downtown Milwaukee. And then 16 days after the leg was discovered and on April the 18th of
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2024, a torso and a single arm were discovered along a secluded beach in South Milwaukee. With these two
9:02
incidents being the third and fourth unexplained crime scene, this really was beginning to concern officers. And when
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they realized that the limbs all looked like they had come from the same person, they were beginning to wonder if maybe
9:15
this was all connected to one victim and one killer. However, at this point in
9:20
investigation, there was still one vital piece missing. Of course, that being the
9:26
victim's head. As investigators painstakingly connected all of the evidence, DNA analysis would finally
9:32
return with one tragic conclusion that all of the scattered remains belonged to a 19-year-old college student who had
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been reported missing only several days earlier. A student who also seemed to be connected to the burntout car and the
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license plate. And tragically, her name was Shardai Robinson.
Sade Robinson
9:53
Now, Shardai was not only a student, but also a local resident. Born on May the
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10th, 2004 to her parents Sheena Scarbor and Carlos Robinson, Shardai was
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well-loved by her family. Originally from Vixsburg in Mississippi, the family then relocated north to Milwaukee when
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she was only 2 years old. She shared the home with her parents and her younger sister, Adriana Reams, who looked up to
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her not only as a sister, but also as a best friend and a mentor while navigating through her own teenage
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years. Growing up in Milwaukee, Shardai attended Riverside University High School, where teachers and classmates
10:30
knew her for her bright smile, her kindness, and the positivity that she'd brought into every room. And by the time
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that she approached her young adulthood, Shardai was a student at Milwaukee Area Technical College and at the time of her
10:44
death was actually pursuing a degree in criminal justice. She was also known for her strong academic record and was said
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to be hardworking, focused, and ambitious. Now, outside of her studies,
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Shardai worked two jobs, that being one at the Wisconsin Country Club alongside her sister, and at Pizza Shuttle, which
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is a local restaurant. To make all of this even more tragic, Shardai was only weeks away from completing her college
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degree at the time of her disappearance. She was excited about her future and was
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even considering a career either in law enforcement or the military. So obviously her life was not only full of
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promise with a supportive family and close friends behind her, but she was also ready for the next chapter of her
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life, which likely would have done good for the greater community. So, with Shardai being both young and single at
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the time, she was looking for someone to share her life with. And with that in mind, in the months leading up to April,
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she decided to take to the world of dating apps to see who she could find. We're going to come back to that in a
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short while, but for now, let me just highlight that she was young, happy at the start of her adult life, and of
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course, was looking for love.
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With Shardai's name now connected to the burned out vehicle and multiple limbs found across town, police were sadly
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confident that she had passed away. And so with this now an active murder investigation, they did what all good
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officers do and checked the city's surveillance network. It turns out that Milwaukee is absolutely blanketed in
The Investigation
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surveillance cameras from restaurants and bars right the way through to buses and bus stops. So, as you can probably
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guess, they had a lot to work with. They decided to review all of the footage with a kind of two-prong approach,
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beginning with the moment she was last seen alive and working forwards and also where her burned out vehicle was and
12:37
working backwards. So, let's begin on the night that she disappeared and when she was last reported to be seen at a
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seafood restaurant named the Twisted Fisherman. And this is where things get immediately interesting.
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Investigators learned that on April the 1st of 2024, Shardai had arranged a
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first date with a man that she had been chatting with. She told him in one of her messages that she was feeling
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seafood and then headed out to meet him. Surveillance footage taken at the restaurant shows Shardai sitting at the
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bar with this unknown man. The two were seen eating and drinking together for around about an hour before then leaving
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later that evening. Staff would later tell investigators that the man in the footage had actually previously worked
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here, too. So, if they were wanting to look for this man, then they actually already had a lead. From the twisted
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fisherman, traffic cameras followed Shardai's Honda Civic into downtown Milwaukee, where the pair were seen
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stopping at Jukes on Water, which is a busy bar on Northwater Street. From
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here, her Honda Civic can be seen pulling up at 6:33 p.m. Shardai then
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stepped out of the driver's seat while her date stepped out of the passenger door, and together they then crossed the
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street and headed in towards the bar. Inside, more surveillance footage showed them laughing, talking, and even hugging
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at the counter as they ordered drinks. It was a couple of hours later, and at around 9:00 p.m. that the two then left
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together. And tragically, this would be the last time that Shardai was ever properly seen alive on camera. From here
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on out, investigators would now have to lean heavily on other types of evidence. For example, phone tower data and a
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location sharing app that Shardai used with friends, would track her phone leaving downtown and then heading south,
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where she then stopped near a house on South 39th Street. It was at 9:24 p.m.
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that a home security camera caught the property's back gate swinging open. The camera then detected two shadows which
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were consistent with two people. It is likely that Shardai and this man moved through the backyard before then heading
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on upstairs. Cell phone tower data would also confirm that Shardai's phone stayed in that small radius for a little over 3
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hours. And during that time, she never appeared on any other camera. At around 12:45 a.m. on April the 2nd, movement
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inside the house stopped. And then a few minutes later, another camera in the alley behind the home caught a Honda
15:03
Civic pulling away before then heading south and then turning back towards the city. Traffic footage and phone data
15:10
would later show it passing through the area near Shardai's downtown unit. But building surveillance cameras would also
15:16
confirm that she never actually made it back home. Instead, it was determined that her phone kept moving. It crossed
15:22
into Milwaukee's River West neighborhood before then pausing near Pleasant Valley Park and then heading across the city
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towards the lake. Between 2:45 a.m. and 3:00 a.m., data placed the phone near
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Warnament Park. That being the same area where her leg would later be discovered, and at around 2:50 a.m., a nearby
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pumphouse camera captured a vehicle matching her Civic entering the area. A lone figure can then be seen walking
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towards the beach where it was making multiple trips between the shoreline and a service road before finally leaving
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around 90 minutes later. Now, of course, all of this was extraordinarily
16:01
suspicious behavior for police officers to find. And soon after these discoveries, yet another piece of
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footage would surface. But this time, unlike the other stationary cameras, this one was from a bus. The bus was
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passing through Lisbon Avenue just as the fire began to burn in the nearby parking lot. And in the foreground, a
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figure can be seen walking away just as the fire began. In a fortunate moment, yet unfortunate for the mysterious
16:28
figure, this was the kind of surveillance footage that nobody could predict or avoid. It was just pure
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happen stance, but nevertheless, it was crucial for officers. They noticed that the man wore dark pants, a gray hooded
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sweatshirt, and carried a large tan backpack that looked full. A surveillance camera above a liquor store
16:47
nearby would also catch another angle of the fire. In that moment, two people can be seen in front of the store, one
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wearing a blue jacket and the other holding an umbrella. The woman in the blue jacket later told detectives that
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she saw a white male stepping out of the civic's driver's seat before then flicking a lighter into the car and
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walking away as if nothing had happened. And footage taken from another bus would show the same man in the same hoodie and
17:13
the same backpack boarding that bus with cash and then riding south down 35th
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Street. And then at around 8:35 a.m. that morning, he then asked to be let
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off early and not at an official bus stop. It is worth noting here that this was near Lakefield Drive and rather
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conveniently was only an 8-minute walk away from the home where Shardai's phone had last been active. So, I am sure that
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by now you are likely tired of all of the surveillance footage that I've shown you. However, at 8:43 a.m., a final
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camera, which was mounted on a house across the street, would capture the same man walking through the gate of the
17:51
property. And again, he was still wearing the same jeans, same hoodie, and same backpack.
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By that point in time, Shardai's car had already been recovered and identified, and with thanks to the Life 360 app that
18:08
she'd used, her family and friends had given all location data to officers. And so with her movements now mapped out and
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plenty of surveillance footage to go on, officers were very interested to find out who that mysterious man was. And
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when officers made their way down to the Twisted Fishermen to ask the staff if maybe they knew who this guy was, well,
18:28
they would be in for a surprise. And it turns out that that man was not smart at all. And I mean like really stupid
Maxwell Anderson
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because it just so happened that he used to be a former employee there. And so with that said, let's talk about
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33-year-old Maxwell Steven Anderson. With a name to go with his face, detectives began to check him out. They
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secured his dating app activity, his phone records, and his employment history, which to be honest with you, he
18:55
had already technically done himself. As you may have imagined, the data confirmed that Maxwell had in fact
19:01
arranged the date with Shardai and had also been present at each location that she had visited that evening. Not only
19:08
that, but the data also verified that his phone activity had mirrored the exact route taken by Shardai's Honda
19:14
Civic from start right through to death. Of course, this was clearly enough for officers to grow extraordinarily
19:21
suspicious of Maxwell. So, police moved quickly to obtain a search warrant for his property. And when inside, well,
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that is when they recovered clothes and materials that perfectly match what they had seen in the surveillance footage.
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that including the dark hoodie and the tan backpack. It became quite clear that this case was now rapidly taking shape
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and not only was Maxwell the last person to be seen with Charardai Robinson, but also was the only person seen moving
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through the locations which were now tied to her death. And so soon enough, police decided to arrest Maxwell during
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a traffic stop near his own home. And once they did, they found out a few more key details about his history.
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Any weapons on him, sir? No.
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Born in 1990 and raised in the suburbs west of Milwaukee, Max grew up in a wealthy family of four. As a teenager,
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he attended Catholic Memorial High School, and all of those who knew him back then said that he always seemed
20:25
well, a little bit off. Teachers described him as socially awkward and withdrawn, and it was the kind of
20:30
awkwardness that would make other classmates nervous. So, even from a young age, Max was already showing
20:37
troubling signs. However, things would only get worse over time. It was around
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2020 that his awkwardness turned into resentment when his parents filed for divorce. And from that moment onwards,
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he didn't just appear troubled anymore, but actually was troubled. By his early
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20s, Max had now built quite the impressive repertoire with the local police department. And by impressive, I
21:01
obviously mean that he was a little [ __ ] towards officers. Between 2009 and 2010,
21:07
he was arrested for a string of minor offenses, including fleeing from the police, insulting police officers,
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breaking a window at a house that wasn't his, and multiple underage alcohol violations. Now, most of these charges
21:20
would lead to citations rather than serious punishment. However, it was becoming clear, especially by now, that
21:27
this was an emerging pattern. Maxwell was becoming impulsive, aggressive, and dependent on alcohol. And rather than
21:34
fix the problem or mature out of it, he seemed to be doubling down instead. So,
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you might be surprised to learn that back in April of 2011, Max joined the Navy and maybe even desired to turn his
21:46
life around. However, not even this redirection would last very long because not even a year into his service, he was
21:52
discharged under unknown circumstances. He would never actually return to the Navy. And by 2014, his behavior was
22:00
becoming so bad that he was basically burning every remaining bridge he had left. It was in the summer of 2014, and
22:07
while he visited his mother's house in Delfield, that things would unfortunately turn violent. Police were
22:12
called to the property to arrest Maxwell on reports that he'd stolen a vehicle, crashed it, and then actually hurt his
22:19
own relatives so badly that he'd broken their ribs. And although we don't know what the argument was about or what kind
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of influence he was under, what we do know is that Max basically walked away from this [ __ ] storm without any
22:31
consequence whatsoever. By 2015, his family, or at least the ones who were still patient enough to keep him around,
22:38
were growing increasingly concerned about his mental health. And so they did what all good family members do and
22:44
tried to gently persuade him to see someone about it. And in response, well, he basically punched a few holes in the
22:51
wall, smashed up their phones, and then threw glass at them. Look, by now it is kind of obvious that Maxwell had
22:57
absolutely no control over his feelings, emotions, or thought patterns. But the
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big problem here is that he never faced any consequences for his horrible actions. This is a man who was given
23:08
plenty of warnings from officers and plenty of support from his family. And yet, despite all of this gentle
23:14
discipline, he never took any time to try to better himself. And the results, they would be catastrophic.
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Between 2014 and 2022, Max continued to rack up a bunch of serious charges,
23:28
including domestic abuse, drunk driving, and disorderly conduct. Yet, even still,
23:34
and time and time again, he was somehow released with almost no consequences.
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Throughout this period of his life, he drifted from job to job and was mostly known as a local bartender or
23:45
occasionally a door guy at Milwaukee's venues like The Rave, Jukes on Water, and Victors. And as of early 2024, he
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was working at a sports bar on the west side of town named Dugout 54. Now, at
23:59
least on paper, Maxwell did appear to be just another usual bar worker in his 30s. He rocked the late nights, was part
24:07
of a high turnover industry, and basically lived paycheck to paycheck. That is what the general population
24:13
would see in him anyway. However, all of his previous partners would report him as a dark and dangerous man who was
24:19
controlling, secretive, and manipulative. Basically, certainly not the kind of guy that you would ever want
24:25
to be close with. One ex-girlfriend who dated him would even tell officers about his obsession with hidden compartments
24:32
in his home. Apparently, he was obsessed with making false bookshelves, space behind his bathroom cabinet, and even a
24:38
closet hidden behind his TV unit. She also described him as emotionally volatile, secretive about his
24:44
whereabouts, and extraordinarily confrontational. Apparently, the two were out together one evening when all
24:50
of a sudden, he got himself into a bar fight with another man merely for looking at her. Other exartners would
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give very similar reports. They talked about his heavy drinking, social awkwardness, and as someone who couldn't
25:03
hold down a stable relationship despite constantly seeking out new ones. Another
25:08
woman who had briefly dated him in early 2024 also believes that he had spiked her drinks on multiple occasions, which
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uh yeah, is not the kind of man that you would want in your life at all. Investigators would later discover that
25:22
simultaneously Max was actually cheating on multiple people using apps like Hinge, Tinder, and Bumble. And according
25:29
to his history, he was spending several hours a day on these platforms. As you may have guessed, this is precisely how
25:36
he found Shardai Robinson. And as soon as the two connected, he latched on to her like a parasite. It wouldn't take
25:42
long for Shardai to feel relatively comfortable with Max after that. And as soon as she did, she agreed to meet him
25:48
for dinner and drinks. And unfortunately, you know exactly how that ended.
Legal Proceedings
25:57
There is no mystery to this part of the story, folks. Considering the amount of surveillance footage and evidence
26:03
available, the authorities had plenty to go on. And so, when Maxwell Anderson's trial began on May the 27th, 2025, it
26:11
was kind of obvious that he was going down. The prosecution had a mountain of evidence to choose from, including data,
26:17
surveillance footage, phone records, and witness statements. They began by establishing how Shardai had met
26:24
Maxwell, highlighting that their initial connection was through a dating app, which then escalated to text messages
26:30
before them then arranging to meet on the evening of April the 1st, 2024. The terrifying thing here, folks, is that
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Shardai was doing what tens of millions of us do every single year. It appears that now more than 15% of the western
26:44
population have actually met their partner through a dating app. And those who have met someone online at least
26:49
once in their life is skyhigh. And so theoretically through the hundreds of millions of us who have tried a dating
26:56
app and met someone online in person before, this easily could have been you or me. As we know, surveillance footage
27:03
and phone records confirmed that both Shardai and Max were together all night. And of course, everyone was curious to
27:09
know what happened inside his home. Photos taken from inside his home on the night that she died are mostly private.
27:16
But it does tragically turn out that he had taken images of her lying face down on the couch, both limp and
27:23
unresponsive, which basically translates to this sick man taking images of her as some sort of trophy. The prosecution
27:30
also spoke about the hidden spaces found inside of his home and also claimed that
27:35
they all pointed towards a person who craved control, secrecy, and isolation.
27:40
And while the defense objected about their relevance, the prosecution would fight back and say that it showed that
27:46
his home was designed to hide and conceal evidence. The main investigators of the case would also testify that Max
27:53
had remained in the home with her body for several hours. And during this time, he had almost certainly dismembered her
27:59
with sores, knives, and an axe. And in addition to these weapons, they also found gloves, tarps, and cleaning
28:06
products inside the property. Meanwhile, Max's defense were quite clearly fighting an uphill battle. However, they
28:12
would still have a go. They argued that there was no direct video or audio of the killing and her entire body was
28:19
never fully recovered, which is kind of insane to think about because most of Shardai's body was found and confirmed
28:25
to belong to her. Anyway, thankfully the jury would see right through the baloney and on June the 6th of 2025 and not even
28:34
2 weeks into his trial and only after just 45 minutes of deliberation, they
28:39
all found him guilty on all counts. As a result, Maxwell Steven Anderson was
28:45
officially convicted of firstderee intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, arson, and hiding a corpse, and
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was therefore sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. On behalf of myself and my family, I'd
28:59
like to say a few things. First to Shave's family,
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there are no words that I can share
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that will reduce your pain. You are all in my thoughts every single
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day. I'm not asking you to forgive anybody or anything that is between you
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and your God. this demon and his whole assass attorney, they knew exactly what he did and what he was responsible for.
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They took us through extreme agony and pain. We are already dealing with so
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much trauma. You will be dealt with eternally like I stated, but your your
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your honor, judge, I'm asking that this demon be respectfully returned back to
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hell as soon as possible. That's what I'm requesting through the court. Please return him back to hell as soon as
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possible. When given the chance to speak, Max still pathetically maintained his innocence. Not only did he tell the
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court that he wasn't responsible for her death, but also that it must all be some sort of crazy misunderstanding. He would
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even then go on to say that he planned to appeal his conviction. My deepest and most sincere condolences
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go out to Shade's family as well as everyone else affected by this tragedy. That being said, your honor, I took this
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to trial without ever once trying to make a plea deal of any kind because I did not commit these crimes. And so, I
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plan to appeal my convictions. This entire case is angering at best. And to be honest with you, it's stories
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like this that slowly erode my faith in the system. Max showed severely troubling warning signs for multiple
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years and had even beaten up his own family members. And yet, despite this, he always got away with nothing more
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than a simple slap on the wrist. The main issue here is that those who were slowly introduced to Maxwell could
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probably see the red flags over time, and they could use that time to assess whether they wanted to grow close to him
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or not. But again, with Shardai finding Maxwell over a dating app, she had no
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time to assess his nature or personality and was essentially thrown into the deep end with dinner and drinks.
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In the aftermath of this horrible story, family, friends, classmates, co-workers,
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and even strangers all came together to remember Shardai. And in that moment, they celebrated her spirit, her humor,
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her warmth, and of course, the future that she was building for herself. Her favorite color, which was pink, became a
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symbol for the way that her community remembered her. And in the weeks after the trial, her loved ones organized what
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soon became known as the Pink Day Tribute. In a protest against his ugly mark, people arrived outside Maxwell's
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old home wearing pink shirts, ribbons, and balloons. They wanted to reclaim his house of horrors as a place to remember
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Shardai instead. And so, in response, they left candles, flowers, handwritten
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messages, and even posters in her memory. A scholarship fund was also created in her name, designed to support
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the students at Riverside University High School, where she once studied. For her family, that scholarship represented
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far more than just her remembrance. It was both a continuation and a way for
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Shardai's life to uplift others. Across Milwaukee, pink ribbons, murals, vigils,
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and memory events still continue to serve reminders not just of what was lost, but also of what still matters.
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That safety, compassion, and the protection of young women is still a very critical issue in America in this
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year. By the way, and just to put it out there, there are many conversations and
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theories about whether Maxwell might actually be a serial killer, and even law enforcement have these questions.
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And although there is no direct evidence to prove this yet, there are still several missing women in the area. And
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as for how Shardai's body was discovered, well, this could potentially be Maxwell's MMO. Again, this is only a
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theory for now, but the question is, could Shardai potentially be just one of many victims to Maxwell Anderson? Well,
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tragically, yes. Anyway, folks, that's pretty much all I have on this video today, so I'm going to wrap it up here.
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But before I go, I'd love to know what you think about this one. Do you think that Maxwell could, in fact, be a serial
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killer? Because the way that he disposed of Shardai's body, so cold and callous and calculated, that seems professional.
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appreciate it. And as always, I'll see you again very soon for another video, likely next week. Until that moment
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arrives though, remember to look after yourselves and each other. And of course, stay safe and stay curious.
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Thank you and goodbye.