Madison community leaders are using crime statistics to try to dispel any notion of a dangerous downtown, in the wake of college student Kelly Nolan’s disappearance and murder.
Nolan, 22, a UW-Whitewater student, disappeared after a night of socializing downtown, and was murdered. Nolan was last heard from, around bar time. “Downtown Madison at bar time is a very different downtown Madison than many of the Madisonians and many of the UW-Madison community might know,” said UW Dean of Students Lori Berquam.