On April 2, 2008 UW Madison student Brittany Zimmermann was murdered inside her West Doty Street apartment. Thursday, on the UW campus students, staff and faculty honored her life — exactly one year after it was taken.
On the above date at 12:20 in the afternoon. Brittany Zimmermann was murdered in her West Doty Street Apartment. Exactly one year later, at 12:20, people gathered at the Carrilon Tower to honor her life and pay their respects.
“I have children who are about her age and I would be floored I would be crushed if something like this happened. It is just terrible. The injustice of it is terrible,” said Debbie Klimet who works at the university.
Her family and many others looked on with tears in their eyes.