327. The Last First Date - The Murder of Sade Robinson

Summary

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Murder With My Husband – Ep. 327: "The Last First Date - The Murder of Sade Robinson"

Host: Peyton Moreland
Co-Host: Garrett Moreland
Release Date: June 29, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this gripping episode, Peyton and Garrett Moreland dive into the tragic case of Sade Robinson, a 19-year-old Milwaukee woman whose first date with a new acquaintance would turn into a shocking nightmare. Tackling themes of dating safety, violence against women, and systemic issues in missing persons procedures—especially for Black women—the hosts unravel the events leading up to and following Sade's murder. The episode is both a harrowing true crime investigation and a reflection on community response, legislative advocacy, and the devastating impact on Sade’s family.

“Not all first dates get that fairy tale ending…some end up more like a Stephen King novel.”
— Peyton Moreland [06:43]

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introduction and Case Background

• [04:29] Peyton and Garrett open by reminiscing about their own first date anxieties, setting the stage for a case where a first date becomes fatal.
• Sade Robinson is introduced: 19 years old, Milwaukee transplant from Mississippi, striving for her future with two jobs, college courses in criminal justice, and dreams of joining the Air Force. Described as hardworking, reliable, and deeply close to her younger sister Adriana.

2. Timeline of Disappearance

• [08:00-12:23] Sade’s last confirmed activities:
  • Morning FaceTime with her mom (April 1, 2024).
  • Work shift at Pizza Shuttle, ends at 5pm.
  • No red flags noticed by coworkers or family.
• Next day (April 2): Sade does not show up for work, alarming boss and coworkers—who report her missing.

3. Discovery of Physical Evidence

• [12:55] Sade's car, a 2020 Honda Civic, found engulfed in flames near her workplace; belongings (purse, jacket, shoes, inside-out jeans) left in the car.
• The driver’s seat position revealed someone much taller drove last—est. 6ft, whereas Sade was 5’1.
• [15:32] That same day, a severed human leg is discovered in Warnamont Park, 11 miles away. The leg has pink toenail polish and appears to belong to a young Black woman. Initially, separate police agencies handle each scene, slowing connection of the cases.

4. Digital Trail & The Final Hours

• [22:55] Sade’s family uses Life360 tracking to piece together her last movements. After her work shift:
  • She goes to Twisted Fisherman (seafood restaurant).
  • Proceeds to Duke’s on Water (bar/restaurant).
  • Ends up in a residential area tied to a man she just met—Maxwell Anderson, a 33-year-old bar worker with a concealed criminal past.
• [23:36] Her phone later goes to Warnamont Park and dies there early April 2.

5. Surveillance and Text Evidence

• [25:58] Security footage at Twisted Fisherman confirms Sade was with a white male (Maxwell) whom she met days earlier when applying for a job at a bar.
• Text exchanges reveal a casual, date-like meetup ("You hungry? … We could eat there first."), and that Maxwell formerly worked at Twisted Fisherman.

6. Maxwell Anderson’s Background

• [28:41] Maxwell Anderson: 33, ex-Navy (discharged under unclear circumstances), history of violence (DWI, domestic abuse, battery).
• Discussed the problematic lack of background checks in modern dating and how most people rely on their “vibe” when meeting in person.

7. Crime Scene Reconstruction

• [32:55] After leaving the bar, security footage and digital records show Sade and Maxwell go to his residence. Her phone stays there three hours before both it and her car move to the park.
• [33:46] Numerous city and neighborhood cameras track her car in the early morning hours—"the security footage in this case does a lot of the legwork for detectives." — Peyton Moreland

8. Dumping and Discovery of Remains

• [35:06] Surveillance captures a tall man (matching Maxwell’s build) dragging something from Sade's car toward the lake.
• [38:47] Police search Maxwell’s home (expecting blood and evidence), but find nothing conclusive; even modest blood traces turn out to be from a dog.
• [39:48] Over several days, more of Sade’s remains are discovered scattered across different Milwaukee locations.

9. Community & Family Response

• [41:00] Sade’s family and friends organize searches and later a public memorial to honor her. “Pink Out,” a gathering at Maxwell’s former home, transforms the site into a place of remembrance rather than morbid curiosity.

10. Breakthrough: Ex-Girlfriend and Informant Testimonies

• [42:15] Maxwell’s ex-girlfriend, Chloe Wright, describes his emotional/psychological abuse and points out his obsession with a "secret beach"—the same beach where remains are found.
• [47:44] Additional evidence ties Maxwell directly:
  • He’s seen on video leaving the scene of the car fire.
  • A jacket with Sade’s DNA is found in trash.
  • Deleted but recovered photos of Max with an unconscious Sade in his home.
• [48:25] Confidential informant claims Maxwell had premeditated plans, including setting up a plastic-lined kill room in the basement—explaining the lack of physical evidence.

11. Psychology and Motive

• [50:04] No clear motive—Maxwell never explains why, seemingly acting out a kill fantasy. Notably, he played a Netflix episode about a giant corpse on the beach ("Love, Death & Robots: The Drowned Giant") on the night of the killing—a chilling detail echoing the events.

12. Trial and Aftermath

• [51:01] Maxwell’s May 2025 trial swiftly leads to a guilty verdict: first-degree murder, mutilating and hiding a corpse, arson.
• [51:47] Victim impact statements by Sade’s mother and sister are shared:
  • “He made it to where I cannot meet any person without the fear that they are now going to harm or kill me because all my sister did was meet someone.” — Adriana Robinson [51:47]
  • “You disrespectfully spread my daughter across Milwaukee like a piece of trash.” — Sheena Robinson [52:36]
• Maxwell denies guilt, maintaining his innocence and claiming Sade was murdered by someone else after leaving his home.

13. Systemic Failures and Advocacy

• [53:57] Sade’s mother, Sheena, notes communication failures—she wasn't promptly notified of Sade’s disappearance and questions how her underage daughter was served in bars.
• Sheena launches "Shade’s Voice Foundation," working for legislative changes in how missing persons and especially women of color are treated.
• Community controversy erupts over public funding for a memorial, but her memory is now being privately honored.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Peyton on the chilling randomness:

  “Do you really go on a first date and murder someone? Or had Maxwell Anderson planned this?” [48:25]

• Garrett (on law enforcement’s speedy identification):

  "I love when it's 2024. It just makes things so much easier." [33:34]

• On advocacy:

  “The bill will help create a task force specifically designed to study the disproportionate victimization of women and...change how missing persons cases are processed and prioritized.” — Peyton [54:20]

• On impact to survivors:

  “Now I no longer have the opportunity to try and give her everything that she gave me.” — Adriana Robinson [51:47]

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Important Timestamps

• Sade Robinson’s background: [06:43–08:00]
• Disappearance and first evidence: [08:00–12:23]
• Severed leg found: [15:32–17:52]
• Discovering digital trail (Life360): [22:55–25:14]
• Surveillance video reveals Sade’s date: [25:58–27:39]
• Maxwell Anderson’s background: [28:41–29:38]
• Crime scene recreation through surveillance: [32:55–35:06]
• Arrest of Maxwell Anderson: [35:19–36:08]
• Search for remains and community efforts: [39:48–41:00]
• Ex-girlfriend's testimony: [42:15–43:30]
• Critical video and phone evidence: [47:42–48:25]
• Police informant and kill room details: [48:25–50:04]
• Trial, verdict, and victim impact: [51:01–52:36]
• Mother’s advocacy and memorial: [53:57–55:46]
• Closing reflections: [56:59–57:38]

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Tone and Takeaways

The episode is deeply empathetic toward Sade and her family, anguished at the senselessness and brutality of the crime, and critical of systemic shortcomings. Peyton and Garrett strike a balance between compassion, frustration, and a drive for greater societal accountability and prevention. The show amplifies the memory of Sade Robinson—not as a victim first, but as a beloved sister, daughter, and ambitious young woman—while also urging listeners to support advocacy for better protections and respect for those lost.

“Let’s take some time today to remember Sade for who she was, and just think of everyone involved and the reality of all of this…”
— Peyton Moreland [57:38]

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Links & Resources

• Learn more and support Sade’s legacy:
  Shade’s Voice Foundation
  GoFundMe

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For anyone seeking advice on dating safety, missing persons advocacy, or supporting survivors, visit the episode links for resources and information.

Transcript

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[Peyton Moreland]

You're listening to an Ono Media podcast. Hey everybody. Welcome back to the podcast. This is Murder with my Husband. I'm Peyton Moreland.

[Garrett Moreland]

And I'm Garrett Moreland.

[Peyton Moreland]

And he's the husband.

[Garrett Moreland]

And I'm the husband. Happy Monday, Happy Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Thank you for being here. Thank you for watching. Thank you for listening. Another week, another episode. Honestly, we just been working. Literally, that's it. Been working. We've been grinding and we got back, oh, Vegas. We were from Vegas last night. You want to tell them about the basketball game?

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah. So two days ago, Garrett surprised me with WNBA tickets to go see my favorite team, the Dallas Wings, in Vegas against the Aces. For those of you that don't know, I don't. I don't think I've talked about it on here. Maybe only into the Dark. But a couple years ago I discovered I didn't discover. I fell down the women's basketball rabbit hole and became a major fan. No, I've never played basketball. No, I've never really watched basketball. But for some reason, yeah, now I'm real big WNBA fan. And so Garrett surprised me with tickets. It was so good. The seats were so good. Like, it just was such a fun experience. We just went down for less than 24 hours, ate good food, watched the girls, flew back. Flew back.

[Garrett Moreland]

And now we're here recording and just

[Peyton Moreland]

we were in the shower last night And I was like, remember when we just, like, weren't running around with our heads cut off all the time?

[Garrett Moreland]

I know. And now all we do is run around with our heads cut off. It's crazy.

[Peyton Moreland]

But we did get to go see the wba.

[Garrett Moreland]

It was fun. It was a good game. Yeah, it was fun.

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah.

[Garrett Moreland]

I mean, that's kind of all I got for my 10 seconds.

[Peyton Moreland]

Well, Garrett was watching the soccer game a little bit.

[Garrett Moreland]

I haven't talked much about it, but. Big World cup fan. Huge World cup fan. Love the World Cup. Always look forward to it. I. I just love it. I just think. I don't know. For those who have never been to the World cup, you need to try to get into it because it is. It's amazing. It's amazing. I mean, it's the most watch event ever. So you need to watch it. USA moved on to the round of 32. It's now basically single elimination. If they lose, they're out. So we'll see what happens. But I mean, even if the usa, like, doesn't win their next game, the games are still amazing. But go usa. Let's see what happens. If I were to predict who's going to win this year, not being biased because I want the USA to win, I would say France. Yeah.

[Peyton Moreland]

I did not know that they would be good footballers.

[Garrett Moreland]

Argentina would be pretty cool too. Does USA have a chance? Yes. Small chance. Yes, but you never know. You never know. That's my 10 seconds. Love the World Cup. Excited. Next game's gonna be amazing. It's July. Next game's July 1st, right? Mm. That is on Wednesday. So Wednesday. Yeah. Party here. If you want to come over, come join. On that note, let's hop into today's episode.

[Peyton Moreland]

Our sources for this episode are cnn.com, wisn.com, abc17news.com dailymail.co.uk vicksburgnews.com, thecinemaholic people.com gofundme shadaysvoicefoundation.com wpr.org capitalbnews.org CBS News, USA Herald, find a gray fox6now.com msn.com and whbl.com quick disclaimer. This episode includes discussions of dismemberment. So please, as always, listen with care. Now, as you guys know, Garrett and I have been married for quite a little while, but there is something about first date jitters that I sort of miss. But maybe don't miss the. The butterflies, the getting dressed up. What do I wear? Trying to leave a lasting impression to get another date. And honestly, after Garrett and I's first day, I was really worried. Like, when, when we got off our first date, I was like, I hope he liked me enough to go on a second date with me.

[Garrett Moreland]

Dates are always like, first dates are always scary because, I mean, Grant, it's been a while since I've been on my first date, but first dates are always scary because you just. You can be yourself, but, like, you can't. You know, it's like you should. It's like you're just yourself. You're nervous. There's a lot going on.

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah. Like, I think some people have the ability for sure. Not me. Like, I was. No, you were reserved.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yeah. I liked every. I feel like everything. Majority people are toned back a little bit.

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah.

[Garrett Moreland]

The first day, are you gonna start just doing like seeing crazy stuff? You know what I'm saying?

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah. I don't know anyways, but I do remember, like, most the time when I would go on a first date, afterwards I wouldn't feel like this, like, immense pressure. It was more just like, either that was fun or that wasn't fun with you. I got home and I was like, oh, I hope I. I was reevaluating everything I said and did because I was like, I don't think I paid attention enough on the date. Like, I don't know if I was trying hard enough, but I wanted. I wanted to go on a second date.

[Garrett Moreland]

We got married.

[Peyton Moreland]

I know. So maybe what I did work. I don't know. I feel like we were both pretty reserved.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yeah, I think so too.

[Peyton Moreland]

So I think deep down, most of us hope a first date will somehow lead to a happily ever after Prince Charming woman of our dreams. But not all first dates get that fairy tale ending. And some, as we'll see in today's case, actually end up more like a Stephen King novel with an ending so disturbing it'll make you think twice about ever going on a date again. So let me take you guys to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where in 2024, so rather recently, we meet a 19 year old woman who is basically doing everything she can to build a future for herself. Her name is Sade Robinson. Now, Shade was born on May 10, 2004, and she was originally from Vicksburg, Mississippi, but she moved to Milwaukee with her family when she was around 2. Now, Sade's mother and father were never married, but they split their time with her. They co parented her, which meant Sade also split her time between two high schools One in Milwaukee and another in Florida. So throughout high school she would just kind of go back and forth between mom and dad.

[Garrett Moreland]

Okay?

[Peyton Moreland]

And then after that graduating high school, she went on to study at Milwaukee Area Technical College, getting her degree in criminal justice. But Shade's real goal after graduation was actually to join the Air Force. She was the kind of woman who was always thinking about her future. She was working two jobs while taking college courses, one at a pizza shop called the Pizza Shuttle and then the other as a server at a country club where she actually worked with her younger sister Adriana. Now Adrianna and Sade were very close since they were only about three years apart. They were kind of besties. They confided in each other a lot. And Adrianna looked up to Sade. So at this point in her life she is managing to juggle school, two jobs, paying for her own apartment and a car, and she's managing to do it with Grace. Everyone who worked with Shade said she was one of their best employees. She was extremely reliable, responsible, always in a great mood, positive attitude, someone who lifted others spirits and motivations. So it was really alarming when Sade didn't show up to work for her shift at the Pizza shuttle on April 2, 2024. Now just a few days before, she doesn't show up for her shift. March 31st was Easter Sunday and Adriana, her little sister, saw her that morning because they worked a shift together at the country club. And then afterwards they got cleaned up and they actually went over to their grandparents house for Easter dinner. Adriana said Shade was in a great mood as always. They had a beautiful Easter together. And when Shade dropped her off at home that night, she told her little sister Adriana that she loved her. And then the following morning, Monday, April 1st, we know that Sade FaceTimed her mom, Sheena. And Sheena thought her daughter was actually in an even better mood than usual. But there was nothing that like stood out as to why. And, and then around 9am that morning, she left her apartment for work. She got to the pizza shuttle at 9:15 for her shift where she stayed until her scheduled end time of 5pm so this was basically the last day that she's having contact with people in her life. No one noticed anything unusual about her that day. And it wasn't until the following afternoon, so April 2nd, that her co workers picked up on that something was wrong because again, Sade hadn't shown up for work. Her co workers had tried calling her, there was no answer. They actually tried a few more Times throughout the day, like as her shift went on. But her boss knew this wasn't like Sade and felt something was seriously wrong. So her fellow employees and her boss at the pizza place end up calling the police because she's not answering and she missed her shift. Now meanwhile, as they are calling the police to basically ask for welfare check, about three miles away from the pizza shuttle where she hasn't shown up, police were dealing with another pressing incident. A woman had heard a massive car crash and a giant bang. And when she went outside to investigate, she saw flames emerging from a car. Then when police arrived a few minutes later, they found a 2020 Honda Civic with extreme fire damage. After the flames were extinguished, they obviously start investigating and thankfully the first thing they notice is there was no one inside this vehicle. But they did pick up on the smell of petroleum in the interior passenger side of the car, which told them whatever had happened, they believe this fire was probably set intentionally, like in public, midday, basically.

[Garrett Moreland]

Speaking of fires, we live in Utah. There is a million fires right now and it's burning. I go outside and I just. I can't even go outside.

[Peyton Moreland]

It's scary.

[Garrett Moreland]

It's 100 degrees, there's smoke everywhere. It's horrible. Anyway, sorry, keep going.

[Peyton Moreland]

Luckily, I don't think anyone like any.

[Garrett Moreland]

No.

[Peyton Moreland]

Or anything.

[Garrett Moreland]

No homes have really. Yeah, the homes in like Cottonwood.

[Peyton Moreland]

Okay.

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[Peyton Moreland]

Up in there there's like two sets.

[Garrett Moreland]

No one died from it, but.

[Peyton Moreland]

But things are being destroyed.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yeah.

[Peyton Moreland]

That's just so scary.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yeah, it's crazy.

[Peyton Moreland]

So they're like, okay, this is important. Someone has set this car on fire. And unfortunately with damage this bad, they weren't really able to pull any fingerprints or DNA directly from the vehicle. But they did notice a few things inside. There was a purse, a jacket, a pair of shoes and a pair of inside out jeans with underwear like still in the jeans, if that makes sense.

[Garrett Moreland]

No, it makes sense. I just did not need that visual.

[Peyton Moreland]

Sorry.

[Garrett Moreland]

It's okay.

[Peyton Moreland]

It's important to the case.

[Garrett Moreland]

Okay.

[Peyton Moreland]

With the purse still there, detectives are like, okay, so someone didn't like break into this car, rob it and then set it on fire. So they feel like that's not really a motive. But they ran the plates obviously of the car for a name and they get it back quickly. It is 19 year old shot a Robinson's car. Now remember, they have just been asked to do a welfare check on 19 year old shade at the same time. But there was something even more unsettling about the car and that was the driver's seat, it was pushed pretty far back. But as police quickly realized, Shade wasn't a tall girl. She was only 5 foot 1. There was no way that she had drove this vehicle with the seat in this position. She wouldn't have even been able to reach the pedals. So the officers actually tracked down a vehicle at a dealership that was the same make and model. And they had one of their taller male detectives take a seat inside. This is how they even prove their theory, that someone much taller, probably around 6ft, had probably driven the car before it was set on fire. But the question is, who and where was Shade? Cuz her or her body were not in her car. Well, it's a pretty busy day for police in the Milwaukee area because there is something else happening. 11 miles from where her car was discovered, something else surfaced a few hours after the car was found. That same day, April 2, a guy was out walking with his friend along the shoreline of Lake Michigan in an area called Warnamont Park. And he called the police saying, hey, I'm walking through this park and I found something disturbing. They were walking past this rocky wooded area when they believe that they spotted a human leg. Okay, it's not. Okay, it's not sticking out.

[Garrett Moreland]

No big deal.

[Peyton Moreland]

It's not sticking out of the ground. It's like a human leg attached to nothing.

[Garrett Moreland]

Just on the ground.

[Peyton Moreland]

A severed human leg on the ground.

[Garrett Moreland]

I don't know. I feel like it would take me a second to believe.

[Peyton Moreland]

I think so too.

[Garrett Moreland]

Like, if I saw a leg, I would be like, that's a human leg. I'd be like, that's a,

[Peyton Moreland]

like costume Halloween.

[Garrett Moreland]

It's a costume mannequin. Like, something. There's no way. I would be like, that's a real human leg.

[Peyton Moreland]

And the thing is, oh, my gosh. Even when people find whole bodies, they do the same thing. Like, that's got to be a mannequin. It's got to be fake. There's just no way.

[Garrett Moreland]

I don't know what's worse, finding an entire body or a leg.

[Peyton Moreland]

Because a leg is so scary. Like a body scary. But a leg is.

[Garrett Moreland]

It's like, whoa. Like, where's the body?

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah, like just off, you know, like, it's just. It's just uncomfortable.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yeah.

[Peyton Moreland]

So authorities obviously get down. Okay. So they have responded to this welfare check, this car on fire, and now they get a call that there is a leg in the park. So they come down, they get a closer look. Now, this leg appears to have been sewn off around the hip. So it is like a full blown leg. The toes still have bright pink toenail polish on them, which again is just so that detail alone is so unsettling because you're thinking of just this human leg, but then there's nail polish. It's making it a real person. Like a real person who had their toes painted or painted their toes, and now their leg is like in this park. It's just devastating. Now, they also quickly learned that the leg belongs to a black woman who was approximately 5ft tall based on, like the length of the leg. Here's the issue, though.

[Garrett Moreland]

Dang, that just. That's crazy. What.

[Peyton Moreland]

Here's the issue with all of this. The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department was the one who responded to the call about the leg, but the Milwaukee Police Department is the one who responded to the car. So they're not necessarily putting two and two together because it's two completely different departments responding to these two incidents.

[Garrett Moreland]

Okay, that's a problem.

[Peyton Moreland]

And it's, I mean, it's not gonna take long, but it's just not an immediate, oh, we found her car. This is now the leg. So we only as listeners know that. So at first the sheriff's department are like, we just have a homicide on our hands. Like, there is a leg here. Where is the body? It takes them a few hours to learn that there was also a missing 19 year old woman, Shade Robinson, whose car was also found.

[Garrett Moreland]

Now, upside is, I mean, that's pretty fast.

[Peyton Moreland]

Yes.

[Garrett Moreland]

Like you're finding things quickly.

[Peyton Moreland]

At this point, there was no confirmation the leg belonged to Shade. Obviously they still needed to send it out for DNA testing first. They have a hunch. They're working on a hunch. So the next move was speaking with potential witnesses, like Shade's mother, Sheena and her sister Adriana to see, hey, you're obviously involved in her life. Do you know where she was in the hours before she disappeared? This could potentially be her leg.

[Garrett Moreland]

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[Garrett Moreland]

Whoa. I did not know that. Okay.

[Peyton Moreland]

And Sade had been sharing her location with her family. It showed that on the night of the 1st, Sade went to a place called the Twisted Fisherman. So this is after work when she was last seen, she goes to this Twisted Fisherman. It's a seafood restaurant. And then after this, she went to a spot called Duke's on Water, because before she ended up in a residential area near 39th in Oklahoma around 9:30pm and then three hours later, after going to this residential area, around 12:45am it's now April 2nd, her phone left the house in the residential area and eventually ended up in the park where the leg was found. And that is where Sade's phone eventually died at 4:35am that morning. So obviously police are looking at this and they're like, this feels like a potential date night, right? Like she goes to a restaurant, but

[Garrett Moreland]

a missing leg is insane.

[Peyton Moreland]

And a phone like, how are we

[Garrett Moreland]

just missing a leg?

[Peyton Moreland]

So at this point, because police are like, hey, this is tied to the leg, they actually ask the family, do you know if she frequents this, like, specific park, the Warnamont Park? Her family's like, no, we have no idea why her phone would leave the house at 12:45am and go to this park and then eventually die at the park at 4:35am now, when detectives hear this, their hearts obviously sink because by now they're like, the leg was found here. And we have an even stronger feeling it belongs to Sade. So now, equipped with her final location information, officers went over to the twisted fisherman. They're like, it's time to track down security footage of her whereabouts that no one has known about. And sure enough, when they pull up the tapes from the night of the first, there was Shade on the tapes, but she wasn't alone. Just like police had suspected. She was sitting at the bar with a white male.

[Garrett Moreland]

It's interesting. I mean, it happens a lot. Like, for example, just happened to. It happens to. I'm just using this as an example. Like Oliver Tree. It's weird when people die, but then they have something you can watch or listen to. Like, for example, she was killed. But then you go back and look at these videotapes that no one's seen. No one knew she was just alive.

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah.

[Garrett Moreland]

And then now they're dead. I know that concept can seem easy, but it's kind of a weird if you start thinking about it like they were alive, now they're dead. Like they're gone, they're just not there anymore.

[Peyton Moreland]

And I think when it's an event that's affecting you personally.

[Progressive Insurance Announcer]

Yeah.

[Peyton Moreland]

Because you have some sort of tie or relationship to. To the person, it's even more hard to get to, like, wrap your head around.

[Garrett Moreland]

Death is just such a complex thing.

[Peyton Moreland]

Yes.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yeah.

[Peyton Moreland]

So they see her with this white man and they notice he's actually talking to the bartender quite a bit, like even more than Shade. But despite that, it does appear that they are on a date. And then the two left the bar around 6:30pm Headed presumably for the second location that Shade's phone had showed her at Dukes on Water. Now, sometime during the course of the investigation, police also got access to the text messages and sent to and from Sade's phone. And through her messages, they learned more about this mysterious date that no one knew about. The two, these, you know, her and this man had Exchanged texts between 4:15pm this was before Sade left work at the pizza shuttle that day. And they kept Texting up until 5:18pm so about an hour. And during this hour exchange, the man asked, quote, are you hungry? I'm need to stop at Twisted Fisherman to pick up my W2 from last year. And we could eat there first. Which might explain why he was so chatty with the bartender in the footage, because apparently he'd worked there in the past. Now, after Sade responded, okay and yes, are we eating at the Brat House or the other place? And he says, let's eat at Twisted, I'm feeling seafood. She replies, yes, I love seafood food. And obviously it doesn't take long for police to figure out who this guy is. They have his number. They know that he used to work here.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yep.

[Peyton Moreland]

The man that she was texting was 33 year old Maxwell Anderson. Now, Shade had actually just met Maxwell. A few days before that date, Shade had walked into a bar looking for a new job. And she met one of the bartenders, six foot one Maxwell. They chatted for a while. He ended up asking for her number. He walked her to her car. Maxwell had worked in the bar and restaurant industry for some time now. He had bought his own house on the south side of Milwaukee, and he had actually been in the Navy for a bit. Which, considering Shade's aspirations to eventually join the Air Force, this could have been something they connected about. But what she likely didn't know was that yes, Maxwell had been in the Navy, but he had also been discharged for reasons unknown. And he had a criminal record that included a dwi, disorderly conduct and domestic abuse.

[Garrett Moreland]

Okay.

[Peyton Moreland]

Apparently he even had a documented history of violence towards members of his own family.

[Garrett Moreland]

Nope.

[Peyton Moreland]

And there was also an incident a few years back in 2019 when he had assaulted a stranger who had tried to intervene during an argument Maxwell was having with his then girlfriend. So he's arguing in public with his girlfriend, someone steps in, he gets arrested for battery, ends up pleading guilty, gets a lesser charge and sentence.

[Garrett Moreland]

I feel like it would be kind of interesting if dating apps did background checks.

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah, but here's the thing. She met him in person at a bar.

[Google Chrome Announcer]

No.

[Garrett Moreland]

For sure. I mean, and some people too, like, wouldn't care about certain things on someone's record, but it could be like a filter. Be like, do you care about this person's background?

[Peyton Moreland]

Yes.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yes. No.

[Peyton Moreland]

That's actually kind of smart.

[Garrett Moreland]

All right, any dating app listening to me and you do this, I want 3%.

[Peyton Moreland]

Here's the thing. It is like more common practice now for people to try to run background checks or do a little bit of research into who they're going to be going on a date with. But a lot of times when you meet someone in person, you get the vibe, you get the energy. He's a bartender. She probably has no reason to think that he has this decorated past of like, kind of some rough physical altercations. And so she has probably no idea about this when she agrees to go out on a date with him after meeting him. And because of that, Sade told some friends she was excited about this date. It was probably why she was a little happy when she talked to her mom on FaceTime earlier that day. But unfortunately, as you have probably predicted, the date was the start to a terrible nightmare because Maxwell was the farthest thing from a Prince charming. So now that we've got Maxwell and his history out of the way, I've introduced you to him. Let's go back to the date on April 1st and kind of just follow that trail. Now, after Sade and Maxwell left the twisted Fishermen Together, her Life 360 app put her at another one called Dukes on Water. This is like a bar restaurant. Police also stopped by that location. They get the security footage which shows again, Maxwell and Sade playing beer pong together against another couple. Now, Sade appears to be smiling. She's definitely like out of her shell. They're kind of flirting a bit. She's loosening up is what it appears to be in this foot. At one point, Maxwell even puts his arm around her. But that was the only time they, like, had a physical encounter that was captured on the security footage. Now, finally, the two of them wrap things up around 9pm they leave the bar. And in that footage, it's not like Shade appears to be disoriented or drunk. Obviously, police are looking to see, is it possible she was, you know, administered a date rape drug? She appears to be okay. She was also the one who drove. So the two of them get into her car. As we know, it's going to end up on fire later. But they head to a third location. According to her phone, around 9:30pm, per her Life360 app, it was the residential area near 39th in Oklahoma, which because police have Maxwell's name, they also have now put two and two together that this is also where he lives. So it's safe to assume that they leave the second bar and they end up going back together to Maxwell's home. And that is where Shade's phone stayed for the next three hours. And then around 12:45am her car was spotted on surveillance cameras leaving his house. But also, like her phone, it doesn't go back to her apartment. It actually drives right past her building without slowing down and continues driving around the city for the next two hours, almost aimlessly. Police knows this because there are several cameras throughout downtown Milwaukee that spot her car. The windows are kind of fogged up. It's dark. So it's not like they can really tell who is driving.

[Garrett Moreland]

My guess is that he was trying to find somewhere to dump the body. I mean, obviously, right?

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah. Finally, around 2:53am this was after driving around for two hours, her car was seen parking along the Lake Michigan shoreline near Warnamont Park. And let me just say, the security footage in this case does a lot of the legwork for detectives. They really are kind of able to track this entire crime through security.

[Garrett Moreland]

I love this. I love when it's 2024. It just makes things so much easier.

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah, we know.

[Garrett Moreland]

We can see the car. We can see everything. We know exactly what's going on when it happened. Love it.

[Peyton Moreland]

And I would be like, well, we're in a city, there's tons of cameras. But nowadays there's lots of cameras in neighborhoods too.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yeah, there's cameras.

[Peyton Moreland]

So it's getting even harder anywhere. Unless you're out in the middle of the country.

[Garrett Moreland]

Someone steps an inch on my blade of grass, notified. I see you, you have like, put it back.

[Peyton Moreland]

You're like the Incredibles house. It's like alarms start going.

[Garrett Moreland]

I have those like, you know, those laser lines everywhere.

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah.

[Garrett Moreland]

Don't even get close.

[Peyton Moreland]

Hey. Yeah, off topic. They just put laser lines somewhere. I just read on a highway and the lasers light up when a animal is crossing. So. And it goes along the highway. So cars know that there's an animal crossing somewhere. So they slow down so they can't see the animal. But the animal's movement lights up the lasers.

[Garrett Moreland]

Oh, I see. We're saying that's cool.

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah. So it's like it could be behind you, it could be in front of you.

[Garrett Moreland]

But either way, that's really smart.

[Peyton Moreland]

It's so drivers can be like, there's an animal crossing somewhere. I need to slow down.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yeah, Isn't that kind of. That's brilliant.

[Peyton Moreland]

Speaking of lasers. Anyways, so they are obviously tracking this through security footage. And the next camera comes from a nearby building. It shows what happens next. This next part of the case is on camera. Someone gets out of Shade's car and they start dragging something from the car down to the lake.

[Garrett Moreland]

Okay.

[Peyton Moreland]

On camera, this someone appears to be a 6 foot tall man, obviously matching the physical stature of Maxwell Anderson.

[Garrett Moreland]

I mean, open and shut, right? So why.

[Peyton Moreland]

I mean, it's not like you can see his face, but if one plus one equals two. So finally he disappears off camera when he reached a path down to the beach. So he obviously ends up going off camera. But that security footage was more than enough to secure an arrest warrant for police. I mean, look at all they have. So that day, April 4th, police pulled the 33 year old Maxwell over while he was driving, and they placed him under arrest. Now, do you think this next day when he's driving and then all of a sudden, like the next day, police lights go on behind him. Do you think he's it?

[Garrett Moreland]

Oh, for sure. 100.

[Peyton Moreland]

Like, do you think immediately he's like, they've somehow figured out and like this fast they've tracked me down?

[Garrett Moreland]

I think so. I think anytime. I mean, I'm gonna be honest, I didn't do anything wrong. But the other day, I didn't tell you this. I forgot I was driving and there was two sheriff Suburbans behind me.

[Peyton Moreland]

And you're like, great, what have I done?

[Garrett Moreland]

And they were following me that followed me all the way through our neighborhood. Like I was coming up in my house. I'm like, great.

[Peyton Moreland]

Wait, I saw those.

[Garrett Moreland]

You saw them?

[Peyton Moreland]

Yes, yes, I know exactly which one

[Garrett Moreland]

scared me for zero reason, but it scared me. I was like, I'm done. I'm done getting arrested, I'm going to jail for.

[Peyton Moreland]

You're like, what have I done? I have no idea.

[Garrett Moreland]

I pulled the driveway and I was like, please don't follow me. They didn't follow. I mean, I didn't do anything wrong. But still you just. Yeah, 100%. He was like, gosh.

[Peyton Moreland]

And do you think it's like mind blowing to him or do you like,

[Garrett Moreland]

do you think he's like, how I think it's like. I think. No, I think they're like, I got caught. Or it's like, how can I get out of this? Like, what can I do?

[Peyton Moreland]

Because for reference, like, when Brian Kohlberger got pulled over two times on his way driving home, it had been some time since the murders. And. And so I feel like it would be more reasonable for him to be like, they figured it out by now. And now they're pulling me over, which was not the case. Those were just ended up somehow being too random. But this one is so fast. I don't know if he's like, I just did this. And somehow they're pulling me over and bringing me into the station. So they place him under arrest and he is later charged with arson, first degree intentional homicide, and mutilation of a corpse. So right away they hit him with

[Garrett Moreland]

all three over it is over.

[Peyton Moreland]

He asks for a lawyer immediately. He refuses to cooperate. But officers were already working on another strategy. Getting inside Maxwell's house, now that he's in custody, to try and collect evidence again. This crime just happened, though when they finally do get in his house, it's not what they expected. They imagined they would walk into a bloody crime scene. They have a leg. It has been severed. They were like, this has to be some type of botched cleanup job. But it wasn't the case. Inside the home, there were no signs of distress, no clear indication of foul play, no, like, half cleaned up job. There were a lot of knives in the house, but detectives felt none of them would have even been sharp enough or equipped to dismember a body. Assuming the leg does belong to Sade and there's no signs of blood. Now, at one point, it was rumored that they did find some blood on a wall in Maxwell's home, but it was later tested and it came back saying it wasn't a match for Shot Ace. Okay, so it was actually blood from a dog, which still. Oh, like, I don't understand. I don't understand.

[Garrett Moreland]

Oh, my God.

[Peyton Moreland]

We don't have the story on that. But regardless, none of this is great because they were hoping they were going to get into an apartment. They wouldn't even need to talk to him because they would just find like a. A handful of evidence. But that wasn't the case. They're starting to second guess themselves after they don't find a shred of evidence that Shadi was killed in this house because they believed this was their crime scene. Now, meanwhile, Shade's friends and family felt the police just weren't doing enough to try and find the rest of Shade's body, which kind of makes sense because they feel like it's all in one place. Like, they don't feel like it's been scattered. So they kept searching for themselves. And little by little, more chilling evidence begins to surface. On April 5 and 6, less than a mile from where Shoddy's car was found, they found a human foot. On April 7, more remains were discovered just a few blocks away, also in the center of the city. And around that same time, more remains,

[Garrett Moreland]

like, in a different area?

[Peyton Moreland]

It was a few blocks away, but

[Garrett Moreland]

yes, like, remains scattered all over.

[Peyton Moreland]

Well, and also, you know, when I'm thinking about the foot was found, it's obviously from her other leg because her foot was attached to.

[Garrett Moreland]

Gosh.

[Peyton Moreland]

And I don't know why. There's something about the fact that this severing didn't happen in, like, uniform.

[Garrett Moreland]

No, I think it did. I think he just dumped it in different areas.

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah, but one's a leg and one's a foot with, like. One's a leg with a foot attached. Oh, and one's just a foot. You're not even cutting in the same, like, I don't know. That just feels so scat. Like, I don't know. Yeah. And then also he just drug this out and just scattered them randomly around, like, around the same area, basically. So finally, they also find that one of her friends, Kiki, was out searching, and they found a blanket with Shade's face on it. It was one of the blankets that she used to own. So finally, on April 12, the Milwaukee county sheriff made a public announcement. The results from the severed leg that was initially found were in. And they confirmed to belong to shade Robinson. Three days later, on April 15, a bunch of people stood outside of Maxwell Anderson's home holding posters, balloons, photos of Sade. I mean, there's a clear suspect, obviously. The case is getting so much attention. A lot of people were driving by Maxwell's house to see where this gruesome crime had supposedly taken place. Instead, Shadi's loved ones wanted to give them something else to gawk at. So that's why they set up this entire thing for Sade outside of the house. They called it a pink out. It was based on her favorite color. And I just. Yeah. After this, Maxwell's front lawn becomes a memorial for the life he had taken. So people just begin. Yeah, memorializing her at this place. So when people are driving by, it's to remember her. Or so it seemed. The police and prosecutors were still hoping to gather more evidence that would implicate Maxwell in the crime. And luckily, just a short while after Maxwell was arrested, someone came forward. This was someone who knew him well and was horrified when she saw his name on the news as a suspect in a murder case. Her name was Chloe Wright. Apparently, she had dated Maxwell for a little over a year.

[Garrett Moreland]

Wait, she was a murder suspect?

[Peyton Moreland]

No, she was his ex girlfriend.

[Garrett Moreland]

Okay, sorry, I heard that wrong.

[Peyton Moreland]

So she sees the news about Shoddy. She sees that Maxwell has been arrested as primary suspect in this murder. She reaches out to police. She tells them Maxwell never got physically violent with her, but he did get very verbally and emotionally abusive, which was just one step short. She told them he made comments about her weight and looks. She. She's basically like, listen, I want to tell you just about who this guy is. How crappy of a person. He is basically like, yeah, he never physically hurt me, but he's a bad person. Like, he just is not a good person. So she tells them this, hoping it would just kind of push the case along. She told them that back when they were still together, Maxwell used to talk about this secret beach that he loved. He told her he wanted to take her camping there in the spring when the weather got warmer, that it was his tiny sliver of paradise that hardly anyone else knew about. And eventually he did take her there. She drove them and he gave her step by step directions. But Chloe remembered the place he took her. That was his favorite place.

[Garrett Moreland]

No way. There's no way.

[Peyton Moreland]

The beach where the body parts were found.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yeah.

[Peyton Moreland]

She's like, yeah. So this is the worst part of all of this. That's his favorite beach where he found her body. So now police were thinking, okay, what if the crime actually took place there? Okay, what if he had done something to shade at his apartment? Like knocked her out? I don't know, something took her to the secret beach and then committed the crime there. Well, as the days pass, the more likely this scenario actually becomes. Because on April 18, a person walking along the beach near the park spots a torso and an army that is on the shoreline, which are later tested again to confirm that it's her. And on May 11th, another arm washes up 50 miles away.

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[Garrett Moreland]

Oh my.

[Peyton Moreland]

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[Garrett Moreland]

No way. He took photos of the body.

[Peyton Moreland]

He had tried to delete them. Nothing ever goes away. He clearly wasn't successful. Nothing ever goes away, especially when police can contact a company.

[Garrett Moreland]

Not these days.

[Peyton Moreland]

Turns out Maxwell had taken a photo of Shade inside his house unconscious. She's face down, her arm over her head. He's, I'll just say groping her in the photo. Now, we don't know whether she's alive or dead at this point. Like, obviously this is a mystery, but he's documenting a photo of him with an Unconscious body.

[Garrett Moreland]

She's dead. Oh, yeah. She's not dead yet. Well, we don't know.

[Peyton Moreland]

Just disrespecting it.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yeah.

[Peyton Moreland]

Like, he has absolutely zero remorse. There's no. Something's wrong. Something is very. He is not okay. But there was still one giant question mark hanging over this case. Was this random? Like, do you really go on a first date and murder someone? Or had Maxwell Anderson planned this? Well, according to a confidential informant who spoke to the police, Maxwell had actually told him about his plans to kill a woman he had recently met. This is before he got arrested. He had told a friend that he wanted to kill a girl. Maxwell even showed the informant a room in his basement. He's like, this is where I'm gonna do it. Apparently, the room was, quote, covered in plastic painter tarp that was taped to the floors, the walls, the ceilings. I think Dexter. Which would explain why none of Sade's blood was found in the home yet. Because if he actually did kill her in an already prepared, prepared room, it's a lot easier to hide evidence. There were three saws that might have been used and then disposed of. The informant told police how Maxwell was going to do it. He said he was going to go on a date with her, invite her back to his place, pull out a gun, force her into the basement, and then dismember her there before spreading her remains throughout a city. Now, this is an anonymous. Like, why this is an anonymous informant, so we don't know, but it clearly matches the story and also would explain the lack of evidence found at his house.

[Garrett Moreland]

I just don't know why. Like, he just. I'm guessing he just wanted to kill. Yeah, Like, I mean, he probably doesn't say why, because he's probably claiming innocence or something.

[Peyton Moreland]

No. After hearing this, police actually go back to Maxwell's home and they go to the basement. Right. Because this informant said it happened in the basement. They recover a few items, including swabs from a leather couch, as well as some debris from a sewer pipe under the house. And while I know some of this evidence was used during his trial, I'm not sure if any of it actually matched DNA. But again, like, Garrett just asked, why would he do this? Why Sade, someone he had literally just met? Unfortunately, Maxwell never gave a concrete answer. There was, however, one clue from the date that might be tied to a motive. Apparently, at some point that evening, Maxwell turned on a Netflix series called Love, Death, and Robots. The finale in season two has an episode called the Drowned Giant. It shows a giant human Body on a beach getting dismembered.

[Garrett Moreland]

Gosh.

[Peyton Moreland]

Now, this can't be a coincidence, right? Like, this is what he puts on that night, and this is what's happening on the show now. Maxwell Anderson's Trial began on May 27, 2025. Nine days of trial. The jury goes off to deliberate. The following morning, they're back with a verdict. Maxwell Anderson was found guilty of first degree murder, mutilating a corpse, hiding a corpse, and arson.

[Garrett Moreland]

I mean, open and shut like it was obvious. Yeah.

[Peyton Moreland]

Now, after the conviction, the judge reads a statement that Maxwell had made to an investigator.

[Garrett Moreland]

Okay.

[Peyton Moreland]

Said he regretted not walking Sade to her car that night because he believes from the time she left his house and walked to his car, that's when she was taken by her real murderer.

[Garrett Moreland]

There is no way this guy is trying to deny it.

[Peyton Moreland]

He's like, I was set up. Now, during the sentencing hearing, both Shade's sister Adriana and her mother, Sheena spoke. Adriana said this, quote, when Maxwell Anderson murdered my sister, he redefined my definition of misfortune. He made it to where I cannot meet any person without the fear that they are now going to harm or kill me because all my sister did was meet someone. And as a result, he ended her life. He tried to erase her existence and her value. Now I no longer have the opportunity to try and give her everything that she gave me. Sheena, her mom, meanwhile, said, quote, you disrespectfully spread my daughter across Milwaukee like a piece of trash. Which. That statement alone is so sad.

[Garrett Moreland]

I mean, I. I just think these people deserve so much worse than life in prison. But that's just me.

[Peyton Moreland]

She said, how dare you? I'm gonna respectfully request that you confess where my daughter's crown is. Now, Sheena's referring to a piece of her daughter that is still missing, that hasn't been found.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yes.

[Peyton Moreland]

And that is her daughter's head. Now, even after hearing these statements, Maxwell maintained he was innocent. Judge doesn't agree, he sentences him to life behind bars with no chance of parole.

[Garrett Moreland]

That's horrible. That's absolutely horrible. I hate that. I hate when, like, the ego, like, you're going to prison for life and you're still gonna have an ego. It's crazy to me.

[Peyton Moreland]

Now, unfortunately, after all is said and done, there were some things in this case that could have gone differently, maybe made a big difference. The first is, Sade was 19 and went to two bars that night and was served alcohol, which her mom was like, how is that even happening? She also Wasn't notified by police right away about her own daughter's disappearance. Remember how the coworkers called? It's not like anyone called her and said, hey, do you know where she is?

[Garrett Moreland]

She was over 18, right?

[Peyton Moreland]

Yeah, but here's the thing. This is such a sticking point that Sheena actually pushed for legislative change. She's like, even if my daughter is an adult, why. Why can't you alert everyone in her life that something's wrong? So through the nonprofit she started for Shode called Shade's Voice Foundation, Sheena's been working with state representatives to reform how police handle missing persons cases, particularly those for black women and women of color. The bill will help create a task force specifically designed to study the disproportionate victimization of women. And it will change how missing persons cases are processed and prioritized. The reality is there's just not enough help or support, and that needs to change. Even after losing Shade, the family was faced with more challenges and pain. Sheena had asked county officials to sponsor a memorial for their daughter, asking, hey, can we do a public memorial? $7,000. And they agreed to put together a proposal. But once the public caught wind of this, they were like, yeah, absolutely. We're not paying for this. We don't want our taxpayer dollars going to this. So as a result, the family told them to pull the proposal. They're like, we're getting a bunch of hate. We'll find a different way to honor her, bro.

[Garrett Moreland]

Yeah, who cares? Someone's someone.

[Peyton Moreland]

Just listen.

[Garrett Moreland]

What? Daughter just died.

[Peyton Moreland]

You can take my tax dollars to memorialize someone who was murdered on my

[Garrett Moreland]

tax dollars is not going to the street out there. That looks like crap.

[Peyton Moreland]

And also, like, this is justice. This is a part of the world we live in. Someone murdered someone else. This is important to put a light on. Like, if there is someone to memorialize

[Garrett Moreland]

a victim of murder, someone who just

[Peyton Moreland]

got killed and killed in the way she did and discarded the way she did like crazy. That is important to a community in. In my opinion. Now, her memorial is now being funded privately through community donations and a GoFundMe. So I did link it if you are interested. But for now, there is a mural honoring Shade that sits outside her old job at the pizza shuttle. And her family has been working hard to preserve her legacy through Shade's Voice foundation, which offers things like self defense classes, art therapy, scholarships, emergency healing funds. If you want to learn more about it and take a second to honor her memory, I have also linked that as well. So please Feel free to go check out those links in the episode description. And that is the devastating case of Sade Robinson.

[Garrett Moreland]

This one was really just zero reason. Absolute zero reason. Like, he just wanted to kill somebody. Like, straight up serial killer type vibes.

[Peyton Moreland]

Just a bad person.

[Garrett Moreland]

Just absolute insanity, you know? No, it's insane.

[Peyton Moreland]

We've talked about how we see criminals differently on this show before, but this is a time where Garrett being like, I wish there was something more that could be done. I. I'm like, how do you. This is so senseless. This is so.

[Garrett Moreland]

And he's just gonna live his life in prison and probably enjoy most of it.

[Sierra Miller]

Yeah.

[Garrett Moreland]

This is not okay. Nope. Not okay with that.

[Peyton Moreland]

And, like, look at.

[Garrett Moreland]

Speaking of tax dollars. Going somewhere? Yeah. Everything he did, keeping this dude alive for zero reason. Okay, we are. Get him out of here. Get him out. Disagree with me. That's fine. I don't care.

[Peyton Moreland]

So let's take some time today to remember Sade for who she was and, you know, just think of everyone involved and the reality of all of this, and then also checking out the resources that her family have put out there to, you know, try and make a difference. Thank you so much for watching today's episode or listening and I will see you next time with another one. I love it and I hate it. Goodbye.

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