Kelly Nolan UW Whitewater student body found July 9,2007

[Mysticalmom]

Kelly Nolan went missing June 23, 2007 after a night of partying in Madison, WI. Her body was found on July 9th, 2007...her murderer has not been found.

http://zoltanzion.blogspot.com/2007/07/kelly-nolan-missing-reward-offered.html

MADISON, Wis. — A "substantial reward" will be given to anyone who provides information that leads to Kelly Nolan's whereabouts, the mother of the missing Wisconsin college student said Tuesday.

"We know there is one more person out there that has the right tip," Mary Jane Nolan said during a press conference. "A sizeable amount for a reward has been determined and the doors are open."


(more at link)

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http://www.nbc15.com/news/headlines/8209357.html

The UW-Whitewater student missing for two weeks has been dealing with the recent deaths of her father and stepmother.

April Nolan is the sister of 22-year-old Kelly Nolan, missing since June 23 when she became separated from friends after hitting some bars on State Street.

April Nolan says they lost their stepmother in May and their father last year.

Kelly Nolan graduated from Waunakee High School. She's described as a good student with a pleasant personality, who played sports and was fun-loving and creative.
(more at link)

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http://video.aol.com/video-detail/kelly-nolan-case/3502304754

Video of the developing story of when she was found

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http://wkow.madison.com/News/index.php?ID=13075

Body Found is Kelly Nolan

Investigators late Tuesday identified the body found Monday in Oregon as Kelly Nolan.

A team of experts on the scene Tuesday, including a forensic entomologist helped determine a timeline of the death by studying insects around the body.

A forensic dentist and an anthropologist also helped I-D the body as Kelly Nolan. The Coroner will not yet release a cause of death until more tests are completed.

A team of police officers searched a grassy area on their hands and knees near where the body was found for any evidence.

Nolan vanished early June 23rd after a night at downtown Madison bars near the U-W Madison campus, where she was living for the summer. She split up with friends and was last seen at several bars after midnight. (more at link)

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http://badgerherald.com/news/2007/09/18/nolan_sisters_ask_fo.php

Nolan sisters ask for help

Former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student Kelly Nolan’s sisters urged the public Monday to provide the police with any information regarding Kelly’s unsolved murder case from this summer.

Kelly, a 22-year old student, went missing in the early hours of June 23 while in Madison for the summer.

After searching Madison and surrounding community area, the woman’s body was discovered in a wooded area on July 9 in the Town of Dunn — approximately 10 miles from the location she was last seen alive.

According to Joel DeSpain, the Madison Police Department’s public information officer, the police department has interviewed hundreds of people and generated thousands of pages of reports, but no arrests have yet been made. (more at link)

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http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/268326

In Kelly Nolan case, all is silence
Dee J. Hall
608-252-6132
dhall@madison.com
TOWN OF DUNN -- For two and a half weeks last summer, newspaper headlines blared and the airwaves crackled with the search for Kelly Nolan, a popular 22-year-old UW-Whitewater student who disappeared June 23 after a night of partying in Downtown Madison.

On July 9, a signal from Nolan 's cell phone led searchers to a patch of woods in the town of Dunn, about 10 miles south of where she was last seen. There, police found a woman 's body later determined to be that of Nolan.

It was to be the last new information the public would hear of the case, now seven months old.

Madison Police and Dane County Coroner John Stanley still refuse to provide even the most elemental details of Nolan 's death, including how or when she died, or whether her death is believed to have been an intentional act or resulted from someone else 's recklessness or negligence. (more at link)

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http://media.www.royalpurplenews.com/media/storage/paper1225/news/2008/04/09/News/Madison.Homicide.Brings.Reminder.Of.Students.Death-3310668.shtml

Madison homicide brings reminder of students death

The death of a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin student last Wednesday was the third killing in the Madison area in less than nine months and calls attention to the unsolved homicide of UW-Whitewater student Kelly Nolan.

Brittany Zimmerman, of Marshfield, Wis., was found dead in her Doty Street home at 1 p.m. last Wednesday. No suspects have been named and the cause of death, as with Nolan's, has not been disclosed.

"With both Kelly and Brittany the method of death has not been released," Madison Public Information Officer Joel DeSpain said. "Only a few people know the details of a crime, and included in those who know the details are the killer or killers. A lot of times we hold back that type of information so that we're better able to investigate and hopefully make arrests." (more at link)

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http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/281396

Killings by strangers baffle police

Kelly Nolan. Joel Marino. Now Brittany Zimmermann. Madison police have been unable to crack those and two other homicide cases in the last 10 months. Why not?

Police believe that at least three of the five recent unsolved murders were committed by strangers. Experts say murders like that can paralyze a community -- and are generally harder to solve than garden-variety crimes of passion and rage.

• Madison area homicide cases since 2003

"What 's unique to Madison is not that we have three (high profile) homicides, " Madison Police Chief Noble Wray said last week. "What 's unique to Madison is that we have three homicides that have the element of being a stranger homicide, and it 's taking a little longer to solve. "

The midday killing April 2 of Zimmermann, a 21-year-old UW-Madison student, slain after someone forced entry into her first-floor apartment at 517 W. Doty St., came barely three months after the unsolved murder of Marino in his West Shore Drive home less than a mile away.

Both followed the unsolved slaying of 21-year-old Nolan last June after a night of partying with friends on State Street. Police are also trying to solve the August killing of George L. Thomas at a South Side motel frequented by transients and prostitutes, and the November shooting of Larry Gardner at a Cypress Way apartment complex marred by three previous murders.

"It is more than we would normally have, " Wray said. "The good thing is that we have so few -- we are able to dedicate our resources to dealing with them. " (much more at link)

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http://www.surroundedbyreality.com/Misc/Crimes/KNolan.asp

Timeline

May 18: Kelly Nolan moves to Madison from UW-Whitewater for the summer and sublets an efficiency apartment at 434 W. Mifflin St.
June 20: Works a week (three shifts) as a waitress at the Orpheum Lobby Restaurant, then is dismissed for lack of experience.
June 22: Spends the day with her sister April, then joins three friends for a night of partying on State Street, separating from them at around 11:30 p.m. Stops include State Street Brats (top), 603 State St., and the Lava Lounge, 461 W. Gilman St.
June 23: Leaves the Lava Lounge at bar time; a man starts to walk her home but they run into another man who says he knows Nolan and her escort leaves her. Also around 2 a.m., Nolan calls her sister April from her cell phone and tells her where she is.
June 24: Family reports Nolan as missing to the Madison police.
June 28: Madison police send divers into Lake Mendota near Union Terrace and comb the campus area, searching for Nolan.
June 29: Madison police send Nolan's photo and information to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
July 2: Police release a photo of a purse similar to one that Nolan was believed to have been carrying when she disappeared.
July 3: Family announces unspecific reward for information leading to the return of Nolan or arrest and conviction of person responsible for her disappearance.
July 7: Amount of reward is revealed to be $10,000.
July 9 : A body is discovered in rural Fitchburg during a massive evidence search related to the Nolan case. Officials say the body is probably Nolan's, but the identity hasn't been confirmed.

Body Found In Search For Nolan Discovery Made Outside Oregon; Cops Wait On Id Monday, July 9, 2007 The search for a missing 22-year-old woman from Waunakee came to what may be a tragic end this morning outside the village of Oregon when police found a body during a search for University of Wisconsin-Whitewater student Kelly Nolan. Police are treating the case as a homicide. Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain said at a news conference this morning that there is no positive identification yet that the body is that of Nolan, who has been missing since June 23, but the remains were found during a massive search for her on private property near a quarry northeast of Schuster Road, which forms the eastern boundary of the village. There was no word on the cause of death, and DeSpain said he is not aware of anyone being in custody. Nolan's disappearance and her family's subsequent pleas for her safe return have prompted nationwide news coverage. DeSpain said at least 100 police officers from a number of agencies, some as far away as Illinois, were called to this morning's search, including officers from Madison, Fitchburg, the Dane County Sheriff's Office, the Columbia County Sheriff's Office and the FBI. Retired officers and volunteers from the Salvation Army have been enlisted as well. Police were using both police dogs and horse patrols in the search. DeSpain said the search started at about 4:30 a.m., but he didn't say exactly what prompted it. The body was found sometime before 8:30 a.m. Members of Nolan's family were at the scene of the investigation early this morning, but left before the body was found, DeSpain said. He added that Dane County Coroner John Stanley was en route to help identify the body. Another news conference is scheduled for this afternoon at Holy Mother of Consolation Church in Oregon. That happens to be the church where funeral services were conducted for Angela Drake, another young woman who disappeared and was found dead two years ago. SKETCHY DETAILS: Nolan, who was living in Madison for the summer, was last seen early the morning of June 23 after a night out with friends at downtown Madison bars. A Madison cafe owner said Saturday that an employee reported seeing Nolan early that morning. The employee walked Nolan toward her home until they ran into another man who said he knew Nolan, according to Tom Paras, the owner of Amy's Cafe. The employee left Nolan with the other man. Two days later, when he learned of Nolan's disappearance, the employee called police with the information, Paras said. Police have released few details, saying they don't want to jeopardize the investigation. They have searched through surveillance tapes of a bar where Nolan was reportedly seen, but she wasn't on those tapes, police said. DeSpain has said detectives don't know whether alcohol is a factor in Nolan's disappearance. Family members have been advised not to discuss details of the case. April Nolan, 20, has acknowledged talking to her elder sister by phone on the day Kelly disappeared, but declined to discuss details of the call, saying it's irrelevant to the search. She did say her sister told her during the call where she was. April Nolan has said her sister was recovering after the deaths of their father in 2006 and their stepmother in May, both in Illinois. Kelly Nolan grew up in Waunakee. The reward money was donated by the Carole Sund/Carrington Memorial Reward Foundation, a California group that helps find missing persons and an anonymous corporation with ties to the family, according to Kelly's mother, Mary Jane Nolan (more at link)

[Faith]

May 21, 2008

Three Unsolved Murders in a College Town


There are 3 unsolved murders in Madison, Wisconsin that have caught our attention. College student Kelly Nolan was murdered last summer…unsolved….Joel Marino in January…unsolved and college student Brittany Zimmerman …unsolved….

Joel and Brittany’s murders have much in common — both home invasions, within about 6 blocks of each other, mid day and stabbings….and no obvious motive (no robbery, no burglary, no sexual assault which are the common motives.)

We went to Madison and began working on a special for you — it will air later in the week.


Read more and behind-the-scenes video preview of the special now on Greta Wire!

http://gretawire.foxnews.com/2008/05/19/3-unsolved-murders-in-college-town-madison-wisconsin/

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http://www.vimeo.com/1085498

Video of Greta Van Susteren that ran on Fox news....murders in Madison...Kelly Nolan, Joel Marino and Brittany Zimmerman.

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http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/291162

Kelly Nolan memorial Friday in Waunakee
The Capital Times — 6/12/2008 12:43 pm

Friends and family of Kelly Nolan will hold a memorial service for the young woman from Waunakee who was found murdered almost a year ago.

Nolan, 22, disappeared early in the morning on June 23, 2007, after bar-hopping with friends in downtown Madison the night before. Her body was discovered two weeks later on July 9 in the town of Dunn.

Her murder remains unsolved.

The memorial service will be in Centennial Park, 901 S. Holiday Drive on Waunakee's southwest side, beginning at 5 p.m.

Nolan was a student at UW-Whitewater, living in Madison at the time of her death
http://www.madison.com/images/articles/tct/2008/06/12/74332.jpg

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http://www.madison.com/tct/news/291431

Kelly Nolan remembered nearly a year later
Mike Miller — 6/13/2008 7:21 pm

Under blue skies on an afternoon of the week's finest weather, a group of about three dozen people gathered in Waunakee Friday to share remembrances of Kelly Nolan, with her mother and sister hoping the gathering may help solve the still unanswered question of who killed her almost one year ago.

Nolan, 22, disappeared after a night of bar hopping and socializing with friends in downtown Madison on the night of June 22 and the early morning hours of June 23.

She was last seen when a young man offered to help her home and another young man came along and said he knew Kelly and would make sure she got home safely.

On July 9, her body was found in a wooded area in the town of Dunn, and she is among several recent murder cases in Madison police have yet to solve.

"Every day I wake up I wonder what happened to Kelly," her sister April told the crowd which gathered in Centennial Park in Waunakee. To whomever killed her sister, April asked that the person "imagine if the one you loved more than anything else in the world simply vanished one day," and said that was what Kelly's family was dealing with.

Her mother echoed those thoughts. Although unable to handle the burden of speaking before an audience, even one made up of those close to her and Kelly, Mary Jane was able to write her thoughts, and they were read by Madison Police Department spokesman Joel DeSpain.

"To sum up my sadness, daily I wish I would see her again. I wish she was with the family enjoying the good times we make with the love and joy of having one another to laugh with, talk about the good old days and things Kelly said and did that reflected her gift to live each day to the fullest," she said. "Kelly always picked me up when I was down, talked with me about her goals and dreams, and also shared her challenges."

"Perhaps," she said, "if the murderer or someone who knows who did it, could see how much pain continues to be with me daily, facts would be forwarded to Crime Stoppers," she said.

The small group was joined by Madison Police Detectives John Sommers and Sid Woods, who have been leading the investigation into Kelly's disappearance and death. DeSpain said the detectives were hopeful the event would cause someone to come forward with information.

Specifically DeSpain said detectives feel that whoever killed Kelly may well have undergone a major and sudden change in lifestyle following the event. Police have not said how Kelly died or whether she was sexually assaulted before being killed and dumped in the town of Dunn.

"There is a possibility that this person may not have intended to harm Kelly initially," he said.

DeSpain said anyone who noticed abrupt lifestyle changes in someone around the time of the killing last year, such as leaving town to take a job or join the military, quitting or changing school, paying undue attention to news reports of the murder, or even conspicuously ignoring the story, should tell police about those details.

Emotional changes such as disruption of sleep, excessive drinking, depression or a change in school or work performance may also be indicators of someone involved, he said.

DeSpain said detectives have talked to almost 600 people in their investigation, and that nearly 200 tips have led to 1,200 pages of written reports.

"We have lots of information but we don't have that one piece of information," that would solve the case, he said. "We have not found and identified the person who took Kelly out to the town of Dunn," said DeSpain.

"We've got evidence but we need help as well," he said.

[packy]

Was there ever a sketch of the person who said he knew her and would take her home? Or has he been ruled out?

[Mysticalmom]

Was there ever a sketch of the person who said he knew her and would take her home? Or has he been ruled out?

I don't believe it was ever out to the press...I have never seen a picture of the 2nd guy who took her anyway.

[Nut44x4]

The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin)

July 9, 2008 Wednesday

A YEAR LATER: GRIEF, NIGHTMARES AND NO NEW LEADS IN KELLY NOLAN CASE
A year ago Wednesday, the body of murder victim Kelly Nolan was found in a wooded area in the town of Dunn, providing her family with some closure but little emotional relief from the tragic death of their 22-year-old daughter.

"I think about having Kelly taken physically out of my life every day, that is so physically and emotionally challenging I cry, want to work myself to exhaustion in my yard, pray to have the strength to believe there may be a day I can cope with better thoughts about the best things I shared with Kelly instead of nightmares about the tragedy."

These words were written by Mary Jane Nolan, Kelly's mother, in a letter that was read by Madison Police Department spokesman Joel DeSpain at a gathering of friends and family held near the anniversary of Nolan's disappearance on June 13.

A month ago, Nolan was too overcome with grief to read the words herself. DeSpain said Wednesday morning that the family preferred to remain quiet on this anniversary as well.

"This case has left a big hole. The family has her back, but we still don't know who did it," DeSpain said. "I would think that for that person -- if they are not an evil person -- this day would stick out in their mind as well. If they have a conscience, and I believe most people do, this day has to be bothering them as well."

Nolan, a UW-Whitewater student who had been living in Madison for a month, disappeared after a night out with friends in downtown Madison. She was last seen walking with someone downtown in the early morning hours of June 23, 2007. Although nearly 600 people have been interviewed and 200 tips investigated relating to her disappearance and death, the police currently have no suspects.

DeSpain said the police did receive new leads following a press conference that was held June 13. He said detectives continue to work the case, stressing it is by no means a cold case. He instead classified the Nolan case as difficult because of the fact that her body was left in the countryside south of Madison, preventing her body from being found for several weeks. That made it difficult to gather forensic evidence.

DeSpain said an additional detective was transferred over to the Nolan investigative team several months ago to "get a fresh set of eyes on the case" and review documents and evidence collected to that point. "We feel fortunate that we found Kelly," DeSpain said. "We wish we would have found her sooner."

Police are asking those with any information regarding Nolan's disappearance and murder to call the Madison Area Crime Stoppers at 266-6014.
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