Body found as Danish submarine man says missing woman died on board

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Body found as Danish submarine man says missing woman died on board

 

The home-made submarine "UC3 Nautilus", built by Danishinventor Peter Madsen, who is charged with killing Swedish journalist Kim Wall in his submarine, sails in the harbour of Copenhagen, Denmark, August 10, 2017. Picture taken August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Thompson

 

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A headless female torso was found on Monday in the water's edge in Copenhagen, hours after a Danish inventor charged with killing a journalist in his home-made submarine told a court she died on board, police said.

 

Peter Madsen told the court that Swedish journalist Kim Wall had died in an accident and he had buried her at sea, changing his earlier statement the he dropped her off alive in Copenhagen.

 

Police later told a press conference that it was still too early to identify the body - missing its head, legs and arms - that was found by a passing cyclist.

 

"It is clear that the police, like the media and everybody else, is speculating whether this female body is Kim Wall, but it is way too soon to tell," Copenhagen police spokesman Jens Moller said.

 

The case is being followed particularly closely by Danish and Swedish media but has drawn interest from around the world.

The body had been sent for forensic analysis while divers continued to search the area where it was found, Moller said.

 

Madsen has been charged with the manslaughter of Wall who has been missing since he took her out to sea in his 17-metre submarine on Aug. 10. He denies the charge.

 

He was rescued a day later after his UC3 Nautilus sank. Police found nobody else in the wreck.

 

Danish and Swedish maritime authorities are using divers, sonar and helicopters in the continued search for the body in Koge Bay, south of the city, and in the Oresund Strait between the two countries.

 

Madsen, an entrepreneur, artist, submarine builder and aerospace engineer, went before a judge on Saturday for preliminary questioning. The case is not open to the public to protect further investigation, police said.

 

(Reporting by Teis Jensen and Stine Jacobsen; Editing by Toby Chopra)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-08-22

[canuckamuck]

Not to make light of a murder (rest in peace Kim Wall) but the final details of this case will be fascinating. Mad scientist stuff.

[Mansell]

The, "I buried her at sea comment" should see him buried......pathetic. And then probably deliberately sinking his own sub to hide evidence.....pathetic. Then lying to the police and then changing his story......pathetic.

I find murderers and their stories fascinating, mainly because they invariably think they will get away with it, even though historically in western countries they do not.

There was one a few years ago in the USA where the guy said he was forty or fifty miles away when his wife was murdered.....but all the cell phone tracking placed him in the immediate area of the murder. Off he went to prison.

I am always up for a good read on actual murders, so if anybody has any good book suggestions, and you can also PM me.

Edited August 22, 2017 by Mansell
Misspelling.

[Lokie]

So this rich nutter has probably murdered this young woman, is he now locked up pending a charge or is money number one in Denmark also...?

 

I buried her at sea after an accident, err yeah alrite we believe you Mr 'Madsen'

[Bangyo1948]

32 minutes ago, Lokie said:

So this rich nutter has probably murdered this young woman, is he now locked up pending a charge or is money number one in Denmark also...?

 

I buried her at sea after an accident, err yeah alrite we believe you Mr 'Madsen'

Nutter definitively,rich not so much but do share where you have your information from.

[scubascuba3]

So this rich nutter has probably murdered this young woman, is he now locked up pending a charge or is money number one in Denmark also...?
 
I buried her at sea after an accident, err yeah alrite we believe you Mr 'Madsen'

I guess the manslaughter charge will be changed to murder soon enough

[Gulfsailor]

Reads like the script of a new season of 'The Bridge'.

[sangtip2]

He just picked the wrong country.  Had he done this in Thailand things would be a lot different. 

[boomerangutang]

The details seem sketchy thus far.  For those interested; wait until more data comes out.  I trust the Danish investigators will do a good job.   They're probably among the best at what they do.

[Lokie]

8 hours ago, Bangyo1948 said:

Nutter definitively,rich not so much but do share where you have your information from.

Google the word P R O B - A - B L Y....

[nausea]

Ten to one a sexual assault was involved. Yeah, I'm speculating, just my immediate thoughts.

[halloween]

9 hours ago, sangtip2 said:

He just picked the wrong country.  Had he done this in Thailand things would be a lot different. 

In Thailand he would have been charged with possession of war weapons.

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UPDATE:

 

Headless torso could belong to submarine journalist - Danish police

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Stine Jacobsen

 

A photo of Swedish journalist Kim Wall who was aboard a submarine "UC3 Nautilus" before it sank. TT NEWS AGENCY/ Tom Wall Handout via REUTERS

 

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish police said on Tuesday the size of a headless female torso found on the sea's edge in Copenhagen suggested it could be that of a Swedish journalist who died after taking a submarine ride with the vessel's Danish inventor.

 

Full story: https://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/998444-headless-torso-could-belong-to-submarine-journalist-danish-police/

 

[scubascuba3]

DNA results due Thursday, don't know why it takes so long, maybe getting a relative.

 

Edit: results are in and it was the journalist.

 

 

[Lokie]

Reports via BBC from Denmark are also torso missing head arms/legs and was weighted down with metal tied around it to keep it on sea bed.

 

Mmm, looks like Mr Madnutter may be looking at changing his story again in next day or two??

 

First he says he let her off on an island, then he changed it to there was an unfortunate accident and she died, so I buried her at sea... (forgot to add he chopped her up into manageable pieces or maybe that was a result of the err accident??)