2026年2月20日 / 美国东部时间上午7:30 / CBS新闻
威斯康星州密尔沃基市一名侦探提出了一个非常规思路，试图帮助侦破19岁大学生萨德·罗宾逊（Sade Robinson）的谋杀案。
这一切始于2024年4月，当时罗宾逊的汽车烧焦残骸在密尔沃基一栋废弃建筑后被发现。当时，急救人员并未立即对她的安全表示担忧。
萨德·罗宾逊 希娜·斯卡布罗（Sheena Scarbrough）
“一辆废弃汽车……着火并不一定意味着驾驶员有危险？”记者安妮-玛丽·格林（Anne-Marie Green）在《萨德·罗宾逊与秘密海滩》中问道，这是一部全新的《48小时》特别节目，将于2月21日（周六）晚上10点在哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）播出，并在派拉蒙+（Paramount+）流媒体平台上线。
“不，不，”密尔沃基县 sheriff办公室首席侦探乔·唐纳（Jo Donner）回答道。
但随后火灾调查员注意到，车辆乘客侧弥漫着浓烈的石油馏分气味。
这是纵火案。
2024年4月1日上午萨德·罗宾逊离开公寓的监控录像截图。当晚，她将与麦克斯韦尔·安德森（Maxwell Anderson）第一次约会。CBS 58/审判池
执法部门得知，汽车起火前一晚，罗宾逊曾与麦克斯韦尔·安德森进行第一次约会，但之后就再也没有人见过她。
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唐纳和她的团队检查了罗宾逊被烧毁的汽车寻找线索。尽管火灾破坏了获取DNA或指纹的可能性，但调查人员仍成功找到关键证据。
“在驾驶座下方，萨德的钱包被塞在那里，”唐纳指出，“对我来说，这绝对排除了抢劫的可能，对吧？”
密尔沃基县 sheriff办公室侦探乔·唐纳（左）与《48小时》记者安妮-玛丽·格林在萨德·罗宾逊汽车烧焦残骸旁合影。CBS新闻
汽车驾驶座的位置引起了唐纳的注意。
“我注意到火灾破坏程度……会锁定那个座位的位置，”侦探说，“那个座位位置像是被时间冻结了。”
这让唐纳和她的团队怀疑是否有人驾驶罗宾逊的车前往那栋废弃建筑。唐纳决定进行一项实验。
“我们记录下座位位置，因为这能提供身高线索，”唐纳解释道，“我能确定那个座位有多靠后。然后我去了一家汽车经销商，找到了一款完全相同的车型。”
将驾驶座调整到与罗宾逊车辆相同位置后，唐纳找到一名身高与罗宾逊相近的副手。
一名身高与萨德·罗宾逊相近的 sheriff 副手坐在与罗宾逊车辆相同位置的驾驶座上。她的手臂完全伸展，脚无法触碰到踏板。密尔沃基县 sheriff办公室
“当她坐进车里时，根本够不到踏板。她的手臂直伸出去，说‘不可能。我不把身体探出座位边缘就无法驾驶’，”唐纳说。
唐纳还让一名更高的侦探坐在驾驶座上。
一名更高的侦探坐在萨德·罗宾逊车辆的驾驶座相同位置，似乎坐得很舒适。密尔沃基县 sheriff办公室
“对他来说，这个座位位置非常舒适，”唐纳说。
根据实验结果，唐纳表示，最后驾驶罗宾逊汽车的人身高至少6英尺（约1.83米）。
“萨德不可能是最后一个坐在驾驶座上的人，”格林说。
“绝对不可能，不，不，”唐纳确认道。
调查人员寻找罗宾逊时，很快锁定了与她约会的男子：一名身高6英尺1英寸（约1.85米）的调酒师麦克斯韦尔·安德森。
2024年4月12日，执法部门确认罗宾逊已遇害。同一天，安德森被指控谋杀罗宾逊。
安德森后来表示，他与罗宾逊的死亡无关。
A Milwaukee teen is murdered. How the seat position in her car linked to her killer
February 20, 2026 / 7:30 AM EST / CBS News
A Milwaukee, Wisconsin, detective had an unconventional idea of how to help solve the murder of 19-year-old college student Sade Robinson.
It all began in April 2024, when the charred remains of Robinson’s car were found behind an abandoned building in Milwaukee. At the time, first responders weren’t immediately alarmed for her safety.
Sade Robinson Sheena Scarbrough
“An abandoned car … on fire doesn’t necessarily mean that the driver’s in danger?” asked correspondent Anne-Marie Green in “Sade Robinson and The Secret Beach,” an all-new “48 Hours” airing Saturday, Feb. 21, at 10/9c on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
“No, no,” replied lead Detective Jo Donner of the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office.
But then the fire investigator noticed that the passenger side of the vehicle smelled heavily of a petroleum distillate.
This was arson.
An image from security camera footage of Sade Robinson leaving her apartment on the morning of April 1, 2024. That night, she would meet Maxwell Anderson for their first date. CBS 58/Trial pool
Law enforcement learned that the night before the car fire, Robinson had gone on a first date but had not been seen since.
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Donner and her team examined Robinson’s damaged car for clues. Though the fire had ruined any chance of obtaining DNA or fingerprints, investigators were able to recover crucial evidence.
“Underneath the driver’s seat, Sade’s purse was tucked under there,” Donner pointed out. “To me it definitely eliminates a robbery, right?”
Detective Jo Donner of the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office, left, and “48 Hours” correspondent Anne-Marie Green with the charred remains of Sade Robinson’s car. CBS News
The position of the car’s driver’s seat caught Donner’s attention.
“I noticed that the level of fire damage … that’s gonna lock that seat in,” the detective said. “That seat position is kind of frozen in time.”
This led Donner and her team to wonder if someone else had driven Robinson’s car to that abandoned building. Donner decided to perform an experiment.
“We take note of the seat positioning, cause that’ll give height indicators,” Donner explained. “I was able to determine about how far back that seat was. I then went to a dealership and found an identical model.”
With the driver’s seat in the same position as the one in Robinson’s vehicle, Donner found a deputy who was about Robinson’s height.
A sheriff’s deputy who was about the same height as Sade Robinson sat in the same position as the driver’s seat in Robinson’s vehicle. The deputy’s arms were outstretched and her feet could not touch the pedals. Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office
“And when she sat in the car, she couldn’t touch the pedals. Her arms were straight out and she’s like, ‘There’s no way. I can’t drive like this without perching on the very edge of the seat,’” Donner said.
Donner also had a taller detective sit in the car.
A taller detective sat in the same position as the driver’s seat in Sade Robinson’s vehicle and seemed to fit comfortably. Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office
“It was a very comfortable seat position for him,” said Donner.
Based on her experiment, Donner says the last person to drive Robinson’s car had to be at least 6 feet tall.
“There’s no way Sade was the last person in that driver’s seat,” said Green.
“No way. No, no,” Donner confirmed.
As investigators worked to find Robinson, they quickly tracked down the man she had gone on that date with: a 6-foot-1-inch bartender named Maxwell Anderson.
On April 12, 2024, law enforcement confirmed that Robinson had been killed. That same day, Anderson was charged with Robinson’s murder.
Anderson would later say he had nothing to do with Robinson’s death.
