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Life without Brittany described as pure hell

From the Brittany Zimmermann homicide: Read the original reports series

SANDY CULLEN , 608-252-6137
Oct 12, 2008
Oct 12, 2008 Updated Jan 20, 2023
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Jean Zimmermann, mother of slain UW-Madison student Brittany Zimmermann, holds a necklace she wears that has an impression of her daughter's thumbprint.

CRAIG SCHREINER -- State Journal archives

Brittany Zimmermann's smiling face is framed beside a wooden angel in the Marshfield home of her aunt, Kim Heeg. The UW-Madison junior who planned to become a physician was slain in her Downtown apartment on April 2, 2008.

CRAIG SCHREINER -- State Journal archives

Jean Zimmermann, mother of Brittany Zimmermann, holds a necklace she wears with an oval medal bearing an impression of Brittany's thumbprint in Marshfield on Oct. 8, 2008.

CRAIG SCHREINER - State Journal archives

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SANDY CULLEN , 608-252-6137

MARSHFIELD -- Brilliant flashes of autumn leaves light up the landscape and attest to the change of seasons in this central Wisconsin city. But for Jean Zimmermann and her family, time stands still.

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