Fear Transients

Police focus on transients in student's death

Madison police are focusing on the population of transients regularly in the Bassett neighborhood as part of their investigation into the death of a 21-year-old UW-Madison student whose body was found Wednesday in her apartment near campus.
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Though no suspect has been identified, police believe the killer may still be in the area.

"People are fearful, as rightly they should be," Balles said.