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This is a once-in-a-lifetime case. All I did was I pieced things together. I got the call from my inspector. They
didn't have a lot of information. So, it was more or less like go down there and figure out what we have.
You don't often see body parts being discovered. So, this is odd. Yes, absolutely.
Absolutely odd. Do you have any idea what you're getting yourself into? Not at that point.
Like it could be a boating accident. I don't know. You know, I at that point I did not know.
When I get there, I make my way down to the beach and I stop cold. It was probably about 30 ft up bluff.
There was just no way for that to get there >> [music] >> by accident. And that's when I knew we had a
homicide. You don't know who this victim is. She was definitely an African-American
female. Don't know who she is. I don't know, obviously, who any suspect is. I know nothing.
I I had nothing. >> [music] >> I needed to know what happened to her. What brought you here? We came just to
do a welfare check. My name is Nora Donigan. I was a patrol officer. Who lives here? Shade Robinson.
Her friends hadn't heard from her. Ms. Robinson, Milwaukee police, please answer the door. We're going to come in
otherwise. Okay, I don't hear anything. So, they seen her on Monday morning at 9:00 and 10:00. Shade was very excited
about a date that she was going to be having. Nobody seen her since the date. Right away, alarm bells were going off
for me. We needed to figure out who this date was. You can't stop thinking about this.
>> No. There was just something odd about everything. Maybe the timing of them. Missing person, body part found. I had a
weird feeling. I reached out to the sheriff's department. Detective Donner from the Milwaukee
Sheriff's Department. I just said, you know, I've got this girl who's missing and I'm curious, do
you think that this could be related? She said she thinks that that's going to be her girl.
I got chills.

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Brief Summary

A homicide investigation unfolds after body parts are found, linked to missing woman Shade Robinson.

Key points

A Disturbing Discovery. Body parts are found, leading to the realization of a homicide.
Missing Person Alert. Shade Robinson was last seen excited about a date, raising alarms.
Connecting the Dots. Detective Donner suspects a link between the missing girl and the discovered body.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

This is a once-in-a-lifetime case.

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