MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man charged with killing a University of Wisconsin-Madison student in 2008 has pleaded guilty to first-degree intentional homicide. David Kahl was charged more than two years ago with killing Brittany Zimmermann. His trial was set to begin in January. Dane County Circuit Judge Chris Taylor sentenced Kahl on Thursday to the mandatory life prison sentence. Kahl’s attorney provided previously unknown details about the killing, saying Kahl was high on drugs that day and running a scam to get money to buy crack cocaine when “he basically lost it” and killed Zimmermann.
