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(Nolan vanished June 23 after drinking with friends) Fitchburg, WI - Police discovered a body Monday that they believe is Kelly Nolan, the 22-year-old woman who disappeared June 23 after a night of bar hopping in downtown Madison, in a wooded area at the edge of this capital city suburb. Dane County Coroner John Stanley said the body's appearance and the evidence surrounding it led him to conclude that it was "probably the missing person we've been looking for, Kelly Nolan," and that she had been murdered. Madison Police Chief Noble Wray said that as of Monday the Nolan investigation...

MADISON, Wis. — Madison police started a search at sunrise Monday in the village of Oregon for evidence related to a 22-year-old student who went missing more than two weeks ago after a night of drinking.The search in the Kelly Nolan case was focused on a 3-square-mile area immediately north of the village of Oregon, east of Highway 14, Madison police said. A number of geographical areas were identified during the investigation as being worth searching, police said. Police spokesman Joel DeSpain said early Monday morning that he did not know yet whether anything had been found. The University of...