Body Parts Found around Lake Michigan Could be Linked to Vanishing of 19-year-old Black Woman

The grisly discovering of multiple dismembered body parts led the family of Sade Carleena Robinson, a missing 19-year-old, to believe it is a development toward finding what happened to their loved one.

The teen was reported missing April 1 and labeled “critically missing” by the Milwaukee Police Department. In the first few hours of her disappearance, there were no leads besides a suspicious text message her mother received before her vanishing asking for $15. Robinson also didn’t show up to work that day.

However, the following morning, Robinson’s family told WISN-TV detectives found her vehicle on fire in an alley two miles from their home.

Later that day, police say they recovered a human leg near Lake Michigan. After that, more body parts started showing up.

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The sheriff’s department told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, part of the USA TODAY Network, that another human body part was found about one block from the scene of the car fire at about 10 p.m. on Friday.

Milwaukee police reported that remains were found on Saturday and Sunday less than a tenth of a mile from the location of the Friday discovery.

The body parts haven’t been linked to Robinson as of now. At first, the police regarded the case as a suspicious “death investigation.” However, TMJ4 reports the status of the investigation changed to a homicide investigation once the department took in a person of interest in connection to the discovery of the severed leg. No charges have been filed yet in the case.

Though, this discovery shook Robinson’s family, hurting the hope they had to find Robinson alive.

“I cried. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to do anything to hurt her. She’s not the type of person to go missing, not running off with anybody. She was sweet, went to school, did everything she was supposed to do,” said Robinson’s cousin, Arlinda Garza, via TMJ4.

Robinson is described as 5 feet tall, 135 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a black coat, a white hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and white shoes.

Anyone with information about the dismembered body parts near Warnimont Park or Robinson’s vanishing is encouraged to call the Milwaukee Police Department, District 5 at 414-935-7252.