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Danish engineer and co-founder of Copenhagen Suborbitals Peter Madsen has admitted to dismembering journalist Kim Wall, but denies murdering her:
Danish police say that inventor Peter Madsen has admitted to dismembering Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who was researching a story in August on board a submarine he built. He denies killing her and maintains that her death was an accident, authorities say.
Madsen was alone when he was rescued from the sinking UC3 Nautilus, which police believe he sunk deliberately. As NPR's Colin Dwyer has reported, he initially claimed that he dropped Wall off safely the same day they set out — then he changed his story, saying he "buried her at sea" after a heavy hatch fell on her head.
Divers later found Wall's severed head in Denmark's Køge Bay. As NPR's Amy Held reported, police said there were "no signs of fracture or blunt force trauma to the skull," casting doubt on Madsen's claims. The head was in a bag weighted down with metal, authorities said.
Now, according to a Copenhagen police statement, Madsen has changed his story once again. He says that Wall died from carbon monoxide poisoning inside the submarine while he was sitting on the submarine's deck. During an interrogation on Oct. 14, police say, Madsen said that after Wall died, he dismembered her body and threw the remains in the bay. "This explanation (by Madsen) naturally will lead the police into gathering additional statements from the coroner and the armed forces' submarine experts," Copenhagen police investigator Jens Møller Jensen said, according to an Associated Press translation.
Also at Ars Technica, The Register, BBC, and NYT.
Previously: Submarine Builder Charged With Manslaughter After Burying Journalist at Sea
Search of "Rocket" Madsen's Space Lab Finds Footage of Woman's Decapitation
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 31 2017, @07:23AM (1 child)
Zimmerman, a well-known Florida Man who shot another well-known Florida Man, freely discussed things with the police while walking around the area. The police recorded it.
Later, at trial, Zimmerman's lawyer got to show this to the jury. This meant that Zimmerman could effectively tell his story in court without being cross-examined by the prosecution.
That worked out mighty well. Of course, it helps to not be guilty of anything.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday October 31 2017, @07:41AM
He had better circumstances on his side. Man vs. black youth, with apparent head injuries. Self-defense is a legitimate defense.
If a woman with a husband or ex-husband dies, that husband will likely become a prime suspect unless they really have a great alibi (out of the country?).
If someone other than the husband committed the murder, that person could make themselves very scarce without ever being caught, whereas the husband is known to the police and has to face full scrutiny immediately.
Oscar Pistorius [wikipedia.org] tried to pull the self defense routine on his wife. Boy did that not work, although the sentence for him is light.
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