A Madison police official confirmed Thursday someone forced their way into UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann’s West Doty Street apartment, before the 21 year old junior was murdered April 2.
In a e-mail, Madison Police spokesman Joel DeSpain divulged a key, new piece of information on the circumstances of this crime. “There was forced entry on a door to a building in which Zimmermann resided.”
DeSpain wrote it was a difficult decision for police chief Noble Wray to acknowledge how the apartment was entered. “He took time deliberating whether revealing this detail would outweigh investigators desire to withhold the information while they search for a killer.”