WI WI - Kelly Nolan, 22, Madison, 23 Jun 2007 #2

[TheDigitalDetective]

By "there", do you mean Boston? Or Madison? And don't stop researching, the more we know, the better. UW-M has summer sessions May 19-Jun 15, 2025. We don't know if he took any summer courses. I'm sure LE has checked that out. I think it's significant that an accused serial rapist, Matthew Nilo, lived right across the street from Nolan's apt. at the time she disappeared.

He did live on campus at 716 W. Dayton St. in Feb of 2007 according to WCCA. Wisconsin Court System - Case search

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Sorry for lack of clarification - I am looking for proof that he was in Madison the last week of June

 

[Coasterbrakes]

Does anyone know whether authorities looked at video footage from the Lava Lounge (if it exists)?

 

[Quoththeraven]

Does anyone know whether authorities looked at video footage from the Lava Lounge (if it exists)?

News reports say they did. I don't believe she was seen in any of the videos.

What I wonder about is why did Nolan take the route she did? It sure wasn't in the direction of her apartment. I think she had another destination other than going home. I wonder what the story was of the second man. He obviously parted ways with Nolan somewhere on Gilman. Why?

We're missing something in the gray area of Gilman St and State St. where Nolan was last seen on the 500 block of State St between 2:20 am and 2:30 am. according to witness accounts. It's a three minute walk from the Lava Lounge to State St. So she would have gotten to State St. by 2:03 am, more or less. She left the Lava Lounge at bartime (2 am) and was seen on the 500 block of State St between 2:20 and 2:30 am. So, potentially, she was in the State St area for at least 27 minutes. So, what was the attraction? She had been at State Street Brats, 603 State St., earlier that night with her friends. Maybe she went back that way tosee if they were still in the area?
The "walking her home" story just doesn't add up. We also haven't been told the exact time of death. She could have been held alive somewhere for several days. She could have also gone to an afterhours party or was kidnapped right off the street. I also think it's weird that someone would come up to Nolan and Andrew and say "Hey, I know her. I'll walk her home." In a town where she had only lived a month. Two people who said they were going to walk her home. And neither of them did. IMO, I question their real intentions in light of the fact her apartment wasn't in that direction. She must have been quite drunk. And they never ended up walking her home.

Wisconsin State Journal Jan 20, 2008 (Newspapers.com)

 

[mlhenn]

Madison police seek leads in 2007 cold case of missing woman

MADISON, Wis. -- The Madison Police Department continue to search for the person responsible for the death of a woman who went missing in 2007.

www.channel3000.com

June 23, 2025

The Madison Police Department continue to search for the person responsible for the death of a woman who went missing in 2007.

 

[Quoththeraven]

Madison police seek leads in 2007 cold case of missing woman

MADISON, Wis. -- The Madison Police Department continue to search for the person responsible for the death of a woman who went missing in 2007.

www.channel3000.com

June 23, 2025

The Madison Police Department continue to search for the person responsible for the death of a woman who went missing in 2007.

So, did the witnesses see her walking with the man who had offered to walk her home or was she walking alone?

Witnesses last saw her walking along the 500 block of State Street between 2:20 and 2:30 a.m. on that Saturday.

Madison police seek leads in 2007 cold case of missing woman

MADISON, Wis. -- The Madison Police Department continue to search for the person responsible for the death of a woman who went missing in 2007.

www.channel3000.com

 

[Madison1905]

Today marks 18 years since Kelly Nolan’s body was discovered. Eighteen years of heartbreak, unanswered questions, and no justice for the bright and loving 22-year-old whose life was taken far too soon.

Kelly was a vibrant student at UW-Whitewater living in Madison for the summer. She was a beloved daughter, sister, and friend. She had a warm heart, a big smile, and her entire future ahead of her. Her disappearance on June 23, 2007 sparked a massive search effort and community-wide concern.


Kelly was last seen around 2-2:30am leaving The Lava Lounge with an unknown man in downtown Madison after a night out with friends on State Street. When her family and friends didn’t hear from her the next day, they sprang into action by reporting her missing. Tragically, on July 9, 2007, her body was found in a wooded area along Schneider Drive in the Town of Dunn, 10 miles from where she was last seen. Her cause of death was released six and a half years later as blunt force trauma to the torso along with other fractures due to homicidal violence.

For 18 years, no arrests. No suspects named. No accountability.


Despite tireless efforts from investigators and her family, the case remains unsolved. A $25,000 reward is still being offered for information leading to a conviction. Madison Police emphasize that no detail is too small — even something that may have seemed insignificant at the time could help solve this case.


We remember Kelly today not just with sorrow, but with urgency. This person is living amongst us and somebody out there knows something.

Justice delayed does not have to mean justice denied.


If you know anything, please come forward. Let’s not let Kelly’s memory fade. Her life mattered. Her story still matters.