Madison was in Fortune City in hopes of making it big in the entertainment industry. Due to reasons unforeseen, she ended up in the hands of magicians Reed Wallbeck and Roger Withers. The magicians, intent on becoming world-famous and mastering the "saw a woman in half" trick, tied up Madison on their table in their theater.
When Chuck Greene/Frank West entered the theater, he witnesses the magicians perform the dangerous trick and fail, as Madison was gruesomely cut in half with a large circular saw.
Trivia[]
In the Dead Rising 2 version, there is already blood on the magician's table before Madison is cut in half. In the Dead Rising 2: Off the Record version the blood is absent. There are other minor differences between the two cutscenes. Roger is seen scurrying around more in one cutscene. Also, the camera angles in certain parts of the cutscene are slightly different.
Madison also shares the same notebook photo as Nikki.
Madison's death is very similar to Dina's death from Saw: The Final Chapter, as both characters are females in their early twenties, covered by a cloth at the start of their respective scenes, cut in half by buzzsaws, and accompanied by two men, both of whom allow the buzzsaws to kill them.
However, while Madison was laying underneath the buzzsaw, Dina was suspended above it.
In game files she has the same stand up animation as Elrod Bumpkins.