Inventor denies murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall

Copenhagen, Denmark: Danish police confirmed on Aug. 23, 2017 that a headless torso found on a beach off Copenhagen has been identified as that of missing 30-yr old Swedish journalist Kim Wall, last seen alive August 10 aboard a home-made submarine to interview owner and inventor Peter Madsen. Police say Wall’s head, arms and legs had been deliberately cut off.

“The suspect denies homicide and desecration of a human body,” Copenhagen police said in a statement. He is being held in formal custody since August 12 on suspicion of “negligent manslaughter”, says Wall died in an accident on board his homemade submarine, a 40-ton, nearly 18 meter-long (60 foot-long) submarine and that he subsequently dumped her body in the sea in Koge Bay, south of the capital Copenhagen. A prosecutor said Thursday that police likely will upgrade the preliminary charges to include murder when Madsen appears at a court hearing Sept. 5 on whether his pre-trial detention should be extended.

Wall was a freelance journalist who had reported for The New York Times and The Guardian. She worked as an editorial intern and reporter in Hong Kong for the South China Morning Post from June to September, 2013, covering news about China for the national desk.