CHICAGO (CBS) — Sade Robinson was murdered in Milwaukee last month, investigators believe some of her remains washed up Thursday in Waukegan.

Robinson was 19 when she was killed and dismembered. She had gone on a first date the night she was killed, and the man with whom she went on the date is charged with her murder.

Ever since, family and friends have been searching to find all of Robinson’s body.

Maxwell Anderson, 33, was charged April 12 with murdering and dismembering Robinson 11 days earlier. Authorities said on Monday, April 1, Anderson and Robinson – who had connected on a dating app – met for a first date at the Twisted Fisherman seafood restaurant on West Canal Street in Milwaukee, according to CBS 58 in Milwaukee.

Investigators tracked Robinson’s phone to find it traveled from Twisted Fisherman to the area of Duke’s on Water in Milwaukee’s Juneau Town neighborhood, then to the area of Anderson’s home, and finally to the area of Warnimont Park along the lakefront near Cudahy, CBS 58 reported.

Robinson’s 2020 Civic was found torched the next day, video showed Anderson leaving the scene where the burned car was found, prosecutors said. He was arrested two days later in a traffic stop by the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s office, CBS 58 reported.

“It caused so much emotion to rise to the surface for all the girls that are missing, and how he was a troller,” said community activist April Bentley. “He trolled the bars. He trolled the internet. He trolled the neighborhoods – and he was looking for girls like Sade, and he found one – if not many.”

Prosecutors said Anderson mutilated Robinson’s body, then dropped parts of her around the Milwaukee area. A leg severed at the hip was found by a passer-by down a bluff in Warnimont Park on the evening of April 2, and then a foot was found four days later near 31st and Galena streets in Milwaukee’s Walnut Hill neighborhood, CBS 58 reported.

More remains were found in the weeks afterward. A torso and an arm were found at a remote stretch of tree-lined Lake Michigan beach in South Milwaukee on April 18.

There has been an all-out search to find all the pieces of Robinson’s body since her murder in April.

This week – 53 miles from Milwaukee along the Lake Michigan shore, a human arm washed ashore at Waukegan Municipal Beach. Someone walking made the gruesome discovery.

The right arm was mostly intact from the shoulder down. It is believed to have belonged to Robinson, yet DNA tests are still pending.

The horrific case now has Wisconsin investigators in Illinois, trying to collect all the evidence to link Anderson to Robinson’s death.

Robinson’s family is aware of the human arm found in Waukegan. Anderson remained in jail as of Thursday night – charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, and arson – for allegedly torching the car.

There was no word late Thursday on how long it would take for a positive identification on the remains to be found.

MINNEAPOLIS — Residents of the Park Square Condominiums tell WCCO they are convinced that Thursday’s deadly shooting in broad daylight near Lake Street and Blaisdell in Minneapolis’ Whittier neighborhood, is tied to a recent encampment that now touches the walls of their homes. 

“Yes it is related to the encampment, it’s definitely related to the encampment,” said Lisa, who lives in the condominiums.

“This is one of those regrettable situations that should have never happened,” said Raymond Hoffman, Park Square Condominiums President.

The encampment, which residents said has butted against their homes along Blaisdell Avenue for a month now, was previously located across the street, at the old K-Mart site.

“People are scared. Here I’ve got 128 different families in this building,” said Hoffman.

One woman, who has tents right up to her first floor windows, said someone has to be home 24/7 to make sure no one breaks in.

Residents said they have witnessed drug sales, fires, even sexual assault.

“We are the victims, we live here and we’re watching our building get destroyed,” said Lisa.

Lisa and the more than hundred who live here said they want the city’s help with the encampment. It’s a problem acknowledged by Chief O’Hara.

“It’s a very serious problem that people who live in this area have been dealing with, both when the Kmart was here and still now,” said O’Hara.

Hoffman acknowledges the people in the encampments need help, but said they have no right to be in residents’ literal backyards.

“Hospitality for these people is essential, but not when they’re being criminals,” Hoffman.

Fans watch Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark warm up for the team’s WNBA game against the New York Liberty on Thursday in Indianapolis. Michael Conroy/Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS — Caitlin Clark had yet to even be drafted by the Indiana Fever before fans openly called for her to be given an honorary role at the Indianapolis 500.

She’s been a resident of Indianapolis for just about a month and is already one of the biggest stars in the city with a full-size of Clark’s image lined the Hyatt Hotel near the arena. Little girls donned her No. 22 jersey and painted their faces with a “C” on each cheek.

“You can’t ask for a better home opener. This is what gets people excited,” Clark said before Thursday night’s game against the New York Liberty. “As you look around you soak it up and I couldn’t have scripted it any better.”

Breanna Stewart ruined Clark’s regular season home debut by scoring 31 points to lead the New York Liberty to a 102-66 win in front of a sellout crowd of 17,247.

In Indianapolis’ most anticipated rookie debut since Peyton Manning in 1998, Clark did not deliver the expected performance. For the second straight game, she struggled with foul trouble. The rookie finished with nine points, seven rebounds, six assists and three turnovers, none after the first quarter — a dramatic improvement over the 10 she had Tuesday night.

Clark also was 2 of 8 from the field and just 1 of 7 on 3-pointers.

Clark held two lengthy interview sessions — one following a midday shootaround, the other about 90 minutes before tipoff against the Liberty, last year’s WNBA runner-up.

And it wasn’t just some run-of-the-mill stuff either.

“This is such a new thing,” Fever Coach Christy Sides said, looking at a crowd of about three dozen reporters. “I mean, there’s never been this many people in this media room, so we’re all still trying to figure it out ourselves. We just want to make sure we’re taking care of our players, taking care of Caitlin.”

Her WNBA home debut comes deep into preparations for Indianapolis’ truly big event, the 108th running of the Indy 500. Anticipation to see the No. 1 overall draft was so high that drivers were checking their daily schedules seeking room to try to see Clark play at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

“Of course I know who Caitlin Clark is — everybody does. She’s like the most marketed woman in the world right now,” said driver Colton Herta, who is sponsored by Gainbridge. Clark in March signed with the company as a brand ambassador, and Gainbridge is the presenting sponsor of the May 26 Indy 500.

Even though tickets still remained 90 minutes ahead of Thursday night’s game — secondary sales sites have seats that start at $3 but run over $1,000 — there were plenty of fans who wished they were going to see Clark.

Calvary Lutheran, an Indianapolis private school which brought 42 middle school students to the speedway Thursday on a field trip, screamed their answer in unison when asked if they’d rather be at the track for an Indy 500 practice day or Clark’s debut.

“FEVER!” they shouted.

A few of the students then raced to the concession stand to retrieve 11-year-old classmate Blessing Li, an aspiring basketball player and, per her classmates, an “obsessed Clark fan.” A few even accused Li of crying as she spoke of Clark’s inspiration for young female athletes.

“Girl power!” Li exclaimed about Clark’s impact. “She’s just so great.”

The line to enter the fieldhouse started forming long before the gates opened at 5:30 p.m., and when the seats started filling, there were red T-shirts with Fever numbers everywhere, many, of course, featuring Clark’s No. 22.

Matthew Hacker, Chloe Lundy and Tyler Crawford made the 3 1/2-hour drive from London, Kentucky, to Indianapolis on Thursday for their first in-person glimpse of the WNBA’s newest star. They bought their tickets a month ago when it became clear Clark would become Indiana’s selection with the No. 1 overall draft pick and they weren’t disappointed.

They watched Clark warm up from the front row after getting in line around 4 p.m.

“I like the recognition she’s brought to women’s sports,” Lundy said. “Like I never watched women’s basketball until she came along. She was just so awesome.”

Fans in attendance held up signs that read “We love you Caitlin” and “Her Time to Play.” Gainbridge also took out a full-page ad in the Indianapolis Star welcoming Clark to the city.

Penske Entertainment, owner of the speedway, IndyCar and the Indy 500, has used Clark at series events before. She was a guest of Hy-Vee at the inaugural 2022 race at Iowa Speedway and returned last year as Grand Marshal.

But getting her involved in the Indy 500 has proved to be a more difficult task.

Series officials want nothing more than to include Indy’s newest star in the pageantry of “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” but the Fever play in Los Angeles on next Friday’s “Carb Day” and then in Las Vegas the night before the race. The only gap in Clark’s WNBA schedule comes this Sunday, when the Indy 500 pole is decided.

Clark’s first home game is being marked by a souvenir ticket that has the technology to save a photo on a QR code for a forever keepsake. The Fever hosted a pregame party at Bicentennial Unity Plaza for ticket holders that included a DJ, face-painting, games and caricature and balloon artists.

Clark had 20 points while setting a record with 10 turnovers in a WNBA debut in the Fever’s season-opening loss to the Connecticut Sun. The game had record viewership with an average of 2.1 million viewers on ESPN2, ESPN+ and Disney+ to top ESPN’s previous mark of nearly 1.5 million viewers for a 2004 game between the Phoenix Mercury and Connecticut.

In Clark’s lone preseason game in Indianapolis, the Fever set a preseason attendance record at 13,028 spectators. The Fever averaged just over 4,000 fans per game last season.

Clark was excited to see the turnout against the Liberty.

“Any time you can have a real home opener and have the support that we’ve had, our preseason game was tremendous and now we get to play for real,” Clark said. “I think it’s just going to be loud. We’re going to need to use the environment to our advantage and I think just learn to move on and get ready to play. Embrace it and enjoy it because it is special, too.”

The vibe around Indianapolis is electric as the NBA’s Pacers remain in the playoffs during Indianapolis 500 preparations for the first time in a decade. Many current IndyCar drivers are regulars at Pacers games and Clark attended one of the games against the New York Knicks in a suite with her Fever teammates.

The Pacers are down 3-2 headed into Friday night’s game in Indianapolis.

But even the Pacers have taken a backseat to Clark’s arrival in Naptown. Indy native Conor Daly, one of IndyCar’s biggest ambassadors, is wearing an Indy-themed helmet in the Indy 500 that includes the Fever logo for the first time.

When the Fever drafted Clark, Daly looked into becoming a season-ticket holder.

“The whole city feels very sporty, that’s the best way to put it. The electricity, every time I turn on ESPN, there’s something about the Pacers or Caitlin Clark,” Daly said. “I keep waiting for a third segment about the Indy 500, but it’s just awesome to be from here right now.

“I noticed that if you want season tickets for the Fever, they went up a lot,” he continued. “I did my research for about three weeks trying to get them. And every two days they’d message me and say ‘Now it’s this (higher) price.’ But we did do our research on becoming Fever season-ticket holders.”

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