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A convicted sex offender in jail on suspicion of violating his probation is considered a “material witness” in the homicide investigation of University of Wisconsin junior Brittany Zimmermann, according to court records.
Local Madison television station WKOW-TV disclosed Monday documents seeking to revoke David Kahl’s probation that quote him revealing to police he entered a home near Zimmermann’s residence the day she was killed.
The documents show Kahl identified two homeless men, “Hank” and “Mitchell,” who were breaking into houses and “running scams” on the day of Zimmermann’s death, WKOW reported.
According to the report, police are treating Kahl as a witness, not a suspect, and he helped police develop a sketch of one of the transient men.
Madison Police Lt. Jerry Tomczak said he has not heard any new developments in the ongoing investigation.
Documents disclosed by WKOW-TV show Kahl, 42, telling police the two men used drugs “at a crack house on Wilson Street” and then separated.
“I also know they were going into houses that were unsecured and stealing things like cell phones and laptop computers,” Kahl wrote in a handwritten statement submitted to corrections officials.
The station also reported the documents allege that Kahl entered a home on West Washington Avenue with a scam about a car repair to try to get money to buy crack cocaine.
UW students on Blair Street previously said a man solicited their apartments asking for money to fix a flat tire.
Kahl’s record includes a second-degree sexual assault conviction in a 1993 case where he pleaded no contest and was sentenced to a year in prison.
Zimmermann’s fiancé Jordan Gonnering, also a UW student, found her slain in the apartment they shared on 517 W. Doty St.
Madison Police Department has not identified any suspects in the investigation.
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Wow, I love that unregistered sex offenders get to roam the BD. Oh, and what happened to that “increased presence” of cops that was supposed to happen? Did they forget and get bored after day one?
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Kahl was in the news for something else recently, too, but I just can’t remember what…
Yes! Where did the ‘police presence’ go???
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David Kahl is a registered sex offender.
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Anyone else think Kahl probably is not the most reliable source? And that maybe the police are just ready to point fingers to “solve the case?”
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Yes, they are pointing fingers and grasping for straws. Bring in some damn experts.
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My thoughts exactly, 11:30. A registered sex offender desperate for money, around Doty street when the murder happened? And he happens to be pointing his finger at two as yet unidentified or located homeless bums? Hrm.
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Oh gawd, everyone who posts about this story think the police are incompetent. But what do you all about know about solving crimes besides what you see on Law & Order and CSI?
To put it into terms you might better understand: If murders were so easy to solve, there wouldn’t be shows like Cold Case and Cold Case Files on TV!
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“Oh gawd, everyone who posts about this story think the police are incompetent. But what do you all about know about solving crimes besides what you see on Law & Order and CSI?
To put it into terms you might better understand: If murders were so easy to solve, there wouldn’t be shows like Cold Case and Cold Case Files on TV!”
Are you kidding me? What do you know about solving crime besides Cold Case. Moron. Grow up.