A Milwaukee detective’s decidedly outside-the-box “seat test” helped link a burned-out Honda Civic to the man later convicted in the April 2024 killing of 19-year-old Sade Robinson. By treating the scorched driver’s seat as a kind of snapshot of whoever last sat there, investigators concluded the driver was far taller than Robinson. That physical detail, combined with surveillance video and forensic work, became part of the circumstantial case prosecutors leaned on at trial.
Seat position offered an unexpected clue
Detective Jo Donner told investigators the fire damage had effectively “locked” the driver’s seat in place, preserving the distance it had been set at. According to CBS News, Donner tracked down an identical model at a dealership and had…..