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WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL LOCAL C2 I SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2008 COMMUNITY MEETING New details on lolling of 'tire man' He died from stab wounds and blunt force trauma wounds to the head. By EOTRELEVEN etrelevenmadison.com 608-252-6134 As police combed the Downtown area Friday for clues about the murder of a UW-Madison student, more details were released about another unsolved homicide, that of a 65-year-old South Side motel resident known as the "tire man." George "Jody" Thomas died from multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma wounds to the head, according to a search warrant unsealed Friday by Dane County Circuit Court officials. The cause later in the morning to get his $10. Krueger said she and the man left and went to the home of another man. The two men got into a fight over money that one owed the other.

On Sept. 25, a friend of the man was arrested on a state Department of Corrections warrant while driving the man's SUV, a 1994 Oldsmobile Bravada. It was impounded by police. The same day, a state Department of Corrections agent arrested the man, who was on probation, on a Corrections warrant He admitted to police that he was with Thomas around the time of his death. The warrant also notes that trace hairs were found on Thomas' hands during his autopsy, which might yield DNA clues as to the person who killed him.

ing old tires, which he loaded into a truck he drove around. Police said about a week after Thomas was killed that they were looking for a "person of interest," Tosha Krueger, 23. According to the search warrant: Police found and interviewed Krueger, who named a 47-year-old man as having been present with her in Thomas' room the night he was killed. The man is not being named in this story because he has not been arrested or charged with Thomas's death. Krueger said the man had loaned Thomas $10 to buy drugs.

She said the man became upset with Thomas because he had not given the man what he thought was his fair share of the drugs bought with his money. Before she left she said she heard the man tell Thomas he would be returning of Thomas' death was a detail that authorities had declined to release. Police spokesman Joel De-Spain said he was not aware of any connections investigators were making between the murders of Thomas and Brittany Sue Zimmermann, a UW-Madison student whose body was found in her apartment Wednesday. The warrant, which was signed on Sept. 26, was sought so that police could search an SUV owned by a man who admitted to police that he had been in Thomas' room at the King's Inn, 915 W.

Beltline, before his death. The search of the SUV turned up no evidence. No arrests have been made in connection with Thomas' death. Thomas was known around the motel for salvaging and sell A community meeting will take place at 2 p.m. today to update Downtown residents on the investigation in the murder of UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann.

The meeting will be in the MainGate building of Capitol Lakes Retirement Community, formerly Meriter Retirement Community, at 333 W. Main St. Residents will have the opportunity to talk with city and university representatives. MEMORIAL VIGIL A memorial vigil for Brittany Zimmermann will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St.

The event will include music from a UW-Madison string quartet, a display of photos and an opportunity for students to sign a condolence message to Zimmermann's family and share memories about her life on campus. The vigil will then move to Library Mall, where participants will light candles and circle around the fountain to observe a moment of silence. Speakers will include Dean of Students Lori Berquam and representatives from Associated Students of Madison and the Wisconsin Union. Continued from Page CI People shouldn't overreact or be afraid to go out, McGrath said. But he cautioned that residents should keep "a mindful awareness." If residents' normal judgments are good and their usual routines are not needlessly dangerous, he said, it might not be necessary to change them.

But, he said "In some ways, it's not a bad time to do a little life review" and identify anything you might be doing that is not ideal. Police have yet to announce any suspects in Zimmer-mann's murder, which they say could have been a random act. "That's just very scary for most people," McGrath said. "This isn't just a campus thing," he said, adding that people who live and work in and around the Bassett neighborhood where Zimmermann was killed also are experiencing anxiety and fear. Pete Oslind, the Bassett neighborhood association chairman, said Zimmermann's death "was a surprise and shock to everyone." Those who knew Zimmermann are dealing with "the loss of someone they really cared for," McGrath said.

"She is a person that many people connected very much with," Being with other people and sharing feelings and reactions can be helpful, he said. A me- Probation in baby's death fyi5 purchase this coupon get We do all (he work, You Bake all the fan! TT 1 I mild Uwutita1- limit one coupon per customer. gJ 1 Expire 0412 Large Caramel Apple Pecan Turnovers tfiAm-Wn1-Buy iMJMmM Get 6 lJLjp 1 'TWi 'FHiS IJf muten Free A Sugar Free Mon-Frl. 9-7 Sat. 9-5 Sun.

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"If I could, Gavin would be here. I would change every decision I've made that put me in this courtroom," Kasten said. Associated Press WAUSAU A mother whose 6-month-old baby died while the woman was sleeping for about 18 hours after taking methamphetamine received a sentence of 10 years of probation Friday. Jessica Kasten, 26, of Wausau, had pleaded no contest to child neglect causing death. Kasten called police April 5, 2007, after discovering that her son, Gavin Fochs, had stopped breathing.

A police report said the infant was propped up in a bassinet with a pillow, and a bottle was held in place by a blanket. The child died of asphyxiation, tion." On Thursday night, one of McGrath's closest friends called to find out how he and others at the university were doing after learning of Zimmermann's murder. The friend, McGrath said, was Chris Flynn, director of counseling services at Virginia Tech, where a student killed 32 people and himself last year. "He recognized that even one loss can be significant." State Journal reporter Dean Mosiman contributed to this story. S3 2Z EE.

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He said he then returned to destroy evidence, lit a box of tissues on fire to burn the bed and closed the door. Nelson was still conscious, Hole said. i zo-iir! i ii 1 1 i4- Kft Continued from Page CI not present when Hole talked to the LaGrange Park detective. Hole is charged in Wisconsin with killing Nelson in the bedroom of a home near Lake Ripley, about 25 miles east of Madison, after seeing her name on a fbr-sale sign and calling her on his cell phone to ask to see the property. Police say he beat her with a fireplace poker, choked her with her own scarf and set OFF IS 7 11 13 Ij if 17 Cl .3 0 LI 31 I 1 1 I 1 I Temperature Precipitation I This March average: Normal: 29.6 33.7 2.47 inches 2.28 inches 7.74 inches 4.81 inches This March: Normal: For the year: Normal: Frame Mat Sale Valid on Custom Frame orders only Through April Slh Checkout the new spring 'products tool State Journal SOURCE: National Weather Service DAILY RECORD BIRTHS St.

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OSBORNE, Tamra HEIM, Ray-mon, daughter. April 4,2008 HACKLER, Evie Wayne, daughter. LA5ACK, Lisa Steve, daughter. Meriter Hospital April 3, 2008 DIEDERICH, Sabrina SCATES, even the massive amount of snow at Garver should be gone by early May. Schumacher said that later this spring workers will clean up after the snow melts at Garver, Bowman, Quann Park and other city dumping sites.

In the past, hub caps and other car parts were commonly found among the debris. Some of the metals are recycled, he said, but most of the stuff is garbage. Not all of it, though. Caraballo said he once found $19 in quarters after the snow melted at Quann Park. Retiree helps out East Sider Robert Arndt isn't out to make money from his snow-busting efforts.

The 76-year-old said he's been outside just about every day clearing snow piles from the sidewalks, curbs and parkway near his apartment at Lafollette Avenue and Jackson Street. On Friday, he used a wood splitter to break up the ice and snow and drag it onto the street "Do you know how long it would take (to melt) if I didn't do this?" he asked. "I don't want to see it go until July. It kills the grass." 45, at home, Thursday. KRATOCHWILL, Gerald 78, at UW Hospital, Thursday.

SMITH, Mecklin 79, Monday. Area BelmontDarlington HELMS, Chad 27, at Southwest Health Center in Platteville, Wednesday. Boscobel BROWN, Lucile 101, at Boscobel Area Health Care, Thursday. Fennlmore PETERSON, Shirley, 69, Friday. Mineral Point WALSH, Gerald V.

"Jerry," 75, at Upland Hills Health Center in Dodgeville, Friday. WaunakeeWaterloo HEI-MAN, Duwayne 65, at Hos-piceCare Center in Fitchburg, Thursday. 0bltuariesC4 TODAY'S FUNERALS AHMANN, Nancy, noon, First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive, Madison. GRAHAM, Virginia, 2 p.m., Covenant Presbyterian Church, 326 S. Segoe Road, Madison.

JANKOWSKI, Diane, 11 a.m., Gundersori East Funeral Home, 5203 Monona Drive, Monona. MONTGOMERY, Robert C. 11 a.m., ST. Ann's Catholic Church, 323 N. Van Buren Stoughton.

NIESEN, Clara 1:30 p.m., St. Bernard's Catholic Church, 7450 University Middleton. WHITE, Richard, 1 p.m., Nazareth Chapel, 814 Jackson Continued from Page Cl loader Friday to move a 10-foot high mesa of snow out of the parking lot and into a wooded area to the east. Softball practice on the fields is set to begin in mid-April, Schumacher said, and the Parks Department needs the parking lot "This is the first time I've ever seen the parking lot full," said Caraballo's co-worker, Thomas Clay. Caraballo predicted "we're going to see June with snow in here." Predictions like that could prove lucrative.

Clay said employees at the Streets Department West Side office have a pool going on when the snow there will be all gone. Debris In snow At the Prairie Towne Center shopping center on Junction Road on Madison's Far West Side, mounds of snow and ice took up an area of the parking lot covering several dozen parking spaces. As the snow melted, revealed were soda bottles, a torn glove, tree branches that looked like they were once part of a Christmas wreath and other debris. Jonathan Martin, chairman of the atmospheric and oceanic sciences department at UW-Madison, said a number of factors play into how fast snow melts, including air temperature, the angle of the sun and how much sand or other debris is in the snow. Madison's remaining snow has a lot of junk in it, which significantly reduces its albedo, he said, or the amount of the sun's radiation that gets reflected off the snow and, therefore, can't help in the melting process.

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