One year ago, a slaying in downtown Madison sent shock waves through the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus community.
A year later, the campus paused Thursday to remember Brittany Zimmermann, 21, and also to remember that her killer hasn’t yet been brought to justice.
Out of the silence on the UW-Madison campus, the bell at Carillon Tower tolled. It started at 12:20 p.m., the approximate time of Zimmermann’s death. It rang 21 times — once for each year of Zimmermann’s young life.