Police are stepping up downtown patrols today after what may be the second random killing in the city this year — a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin-Madison student found dead Wednesday in her campus-area apartment.
“We’ve not determined who a suspect might be at this time, and we cannot rule out that this was a random act,” Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain said. “That is why we’ve placed additional resources in the neighborhood.”
UW police also have increased the number of officers on the street in the wake of the death of Brittany Sue Zimmermann.