MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The University of Wisconsin student who found his murdered fiancee may not be able to get out of his lease of the apartment flat.

Russ Endres, owner of Wisconsin Management, declined to say if Jordan Gonnering would be forced to fulfill the final 16 months of his lease. Gonnering found his 21-year-old fiancee, Brittany Zimmerman, murdered on April 2nd and Madison police are still looking for her killer.

Endres says he wants to talk to Gonnering about the situation.

But UW-Madison Dean of Students Lori Berquam says her office is authorized to represent the student and they've been unsuccessful in convincing Wisconsin Management to allow Gonnering to break the lease.

She says Gonnering said he's willing to live in another one of the company's properties until his lease runs out in August 2009. Just not the one where his fiancee was murdered.

Under Wisconsin law, renters are responsible for fulfilling the terms of their lease -- even after death. Endres says his company must treat its thousands of renters fairly and equally.

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