The family of a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, woman named Sayde Robinson, who was murdered and dismembered in April, believes a severed arm found on a beach in Waukegan, Illinois, is hers.
Friday, Lake County Coroner’s Office. Said A photo of the arm circulating online is the arm that was found at the scene, Fox 6 reported.
image show The victim and suspect in this case have been identified as 33-year-old Maxwell Anderson.
Human arm washes up 80 miles from where Milwaukee student Said Robinson was amputated https://t.co/dPUUweQ9j9 pic.twitter.com/Xai5spImsX
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The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office has reportedly notified the family that they found the arm, but authorities are waiting for DNA test results to confirm who it belongs to.
“The family is still in a lot of pain and really, really needs prayers at this time,” said Dr. Erica Brown, a family friend. Said.
The Fox report continued:
Investigators told FOX6 the arm was discovered Saturday night. Waukegan police officials said the beach where the arm washed up is always busy and it’s unclear exactly where on the lakefront the arm was found. Police said they searched the area extensively over the next few days but found nothing else.
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Most recently, on April 18, a body “possible” to be Robinson’s was found on the shores of Lake Michigan in South Milwaukee. Since then, searches in and around Milwaukee County have turned up nothing. The first body part found was a human leg, later identified as Robinson’s near Cudahy Lake. Additional bodies were also found in three separate locations in Milwaukee.
Anderson is accused of killing and dismembering the victim after their first date, and the victim was reportedly at the man’s home the night she went missing.
CBS 58 reported on April 22 that Anderson said: begged Not guilty in this case. At the time, the report also stated that the exact location where Robinson died remained unknown.
According to prosecutors, the incident occurred after the two arrived at Anderson’s home at 9:24 p.m. on April 1 and when Anderson left Warnimont Park at 4:30 a.m. on April 2. The incident took place over seven hours.
Last week, we secured home surveillance video showing Robinson’s car leaving Anderson’s home at 12:47 a.m., then driving through Milwaukee and finally arriving at the park.
According to the Fox article, authorities charged the suspect with first-degree intentional homicide, dismemberment of a corpse, and arson of property other than a building. He could end up spending the rest of his life behind bars.
video footage show Robinson’s loved ones gathered at her memorial service to mourn her loss.
Thad Robinson was remembered as an “angelic soul” at a memorial service yesterday, leaving his mother heartbroken. https://t.co/fTNt8cIJCw#sayed robinson 💗💗💗#JusticeForSade#terriblecrime pic.twitter.com/hrzFm2dEA8
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“She was an angelic spirit,” her mother told those in attendance.
