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This photograph shows journalist Kim Wall boarding the submarine of Peter Madsen, who would kill and dismember her once inside.

Kim Wall was an accomplished and respected freelance journalist who had written for publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, and TIME. Her work often took her to dangerous and challenging environments, driven by her commitment to uncovering important stories. In August 2017, she was working on a story about Peter Madsen, a Danish inventor known for his ambitious projects, including privately built submarines.

On August 10, 2017, Wall boarded Madsen's submarine, the UC3 Nautilus, for what was supposed to be a short interview and trip around the Copenhagen harbor. When she failed to return home, her boyfriend reported her missing. The submarine was also reported missing but was later found sunken the following day. Madsen was rescued from the water, claiming that he had dropped Wall off safely the previous evening and that the submarine had sunk due to a technical malfunction.

As the investigation unfolded, Madsen's story began to unravel. Police found evidence that the submarine had been deliberately sunk. Shortly after, Madsen was arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter. The case took a darker turn when Wall's dismembered torso was discovered in Køge Bay on August 21. Further searches led to the recovery of her head, legs, and clothing in plastic bags weighed down by metal, suggesting a deliberate attempt to conceal the crime.

Madsen's trial began in March 2018, and the prosecution presented a case that painted Madsen as a sadistic individual who had meticulously planned Wall's murder. Evidence included videos of women being tortured and killed, which were found on Madsen's computer, and testimony that he had brought tools such as saws, knives, and metal pipes onto the submarine.

Madsen initially denied killing Wall, claiming that she had died accidentally from a hatch cover falling on her head and that he had panicked and dismembered her body. However, forensic evidence contradicted his account, indicating that Wall had been stabbed multiple times before her death.

The murder of Kim Wall is also referred to as "the submarine case" and it took place on August 10th, 2017. Wall was a Swedish freelance journalist in the midst of pursuing her next big story.

Wall boarded the submarine, Nautilus, of Danish entrepreneur Peter Madsen, with the intent to interview him. Her partner, Ole Stobbe reported her missing when she failed to return to the harbor. The submarine however was seen by a lighthouse the following morning.

Unfortunately, on August 21st, a torso was found washed up on the beach and it was identified as belonging to Wall. A post-mortem examination found fifteen stab wounds, most of which were on the groin. It also appeared that metal had been attached to her in an effort to ensure that her body would not float.

On October 6th, police divers found two plastic bags in Køge Bay, containing Wall's head, legs, clothes, and a knife. Six days later, a saw was found in the water. Then, On November 21st and 29th, police divers found Wall's arms in the bay.

Madsen was arrested upon being rescued from Køge Bay after Nautilus foundered on August 11th, and he was charged with negligent manslaughter. Police suspected that he had scuttled the submarine. Madsen initially stated that he had dropped Wall off on land, but later admitted to dumping her body at sea after she died in what he claimed was an accident on board Nautilus. He testified in a court hearing on September 5th that Wall died after being struck on the head by the submarine's hatch cover. The prosecution said that police had found videos on Madsen's computer showing women being murdered, and that witnesses said that they had seen Madsen watching videos of decapitation's and practicing asphyxiation sex. Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen told the court that no traces of Madsen's DNA had been found on Wall's body but said: "... traces of semen have been found in the underpants which were secured from Peter Madsen after the arrest". Under questioning, Madsen denied ejaculating while he was with Wall.

A post-mortem examination performed on Wall's head after it was found a month later found no signs of blunt force trauma and did not determine the cause of death. Madsen subsequently changed his story, admitting to dismembering Wall's body but continuing to deny intentionally killing her, saying that she may have died after poisonous exhaust gases entered the submarine while he was on deck. The post-mortem performed on Wall's torso showed no signs of exhaust gases in her lungs.

On January 16th, 2018, Madsen was charged with murder, indecent handling of a corpse, and sexual assault. The prosecution accused him of having tortured Wall before killing her by cutting her throat or strangling her. Madsen's trial began on March 8th, at Copenhagen Court House. On April 25th, he was convicted of all three charges and sentenced to life imprisonment. Madsen appealed  his sentence and on September 26th, Østre Landsret, High Court of Eastern Denmark, upheld the sentence.

Wall's family and friends continue to honor her. They founded the Kim Wall Memorial Fund, aiming to fund female reporters to cover stories of subcultural value.

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Kim Wall was a Swedish journalist who disappeared after boarding a submarine, the UC3 Nautilus, in the summer of 2017.

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This is one of the last photographs showing 30 year old Kim Wall alive. Kim, who was a Swedish freelance journalist, was preparing to relocate to China with her boyfriend and continue thriving in her dream career. However, before she left, she had one last story to cover. Kim was writing a story about an established Danish engineer and inventor named Peter Madsen and, although slightly fearful of travelling underwater, she was excited to accept a trip out to sea in his submarine.

Tragically, it turned out that the sea would not be Kim’s biggest threat. On 10th August 2017, Madsen returned home without her. After being questioned in regards to her whereabouts, Madsen said he had dropped her off on land at an earlier point in the journey. However, his story went on the change multiple times, which began to significantly arouse suspicion. Madsen went on to claim that Wall had died accidentally on board the submarine after the vessel’s 150lb hatch struck her on the head, and as a result he had buried her body at sea. 

The authenticity of this story was soon refuted. First of all, if Kim had truly died accidentally, then why did Madsen not do the dignified thing of returning her body to loved ones? On 21st August 2017, Peter Madsen’s lies began to unfold after a member of the public found a washed-up torso on a beach in Amager, Denmark. DNA testing determined that the remains were Kim’s, and soon after divers also recovered her head, legs and arms.

The dismemberment of Kim Wall led to Madsen being charged for her murder. A thorough inspection of her head showed no signs of blunt force trauma, therefore completely dismantling Madsen’s story that she had died in this way. As a result, he changed his version of events again and admitted to dismembering her but simultaneously claimed that Wall had died due to asphyxiation after poisonous gases entered the submarine while he was out on deck. However, a closer examination of Kim’s torso determined that no toxic gases were present in her lungs, and it was also identified that she had been stabbed 15 times, including around her groin. It became blatantly obvious that Kim had been the victim of a deliberate, ferocious attack at the hands of Madsen. Once again, he was outed as a liar. 

Investigators later uncovered that Madsen had taken a saw and knife on board the submarine prior to its departure, indicating that the attack and subsequent murder of Kim Wall had been entirely premeditated. During court proceedings, the prosecution also drew upon the discovery of violent videos on Peter Madsen’s computer, which showed women being brutally assaulted. Witnesses also came forward to provide their own accounts of Madsen’s concerning behaviour, including seeing him watch videos of decapitation and sex involving asphyxiation. Based on this, the argument was put forward that Madsen saw in Kim Wall an opportunity to act out his darkest, vile fantasies and had attempted to conceal the evidence.

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On August 10, 2017, Swedish freelance journalist Kim Wall boarded the 40-tonne midget submarine UC3 Nautilus in Refshaleøen, Copenhagen, Denmark. which was invented by Peter Madsen. She planned to pitch an article about the submarine for the American magazine Wired.  When the submarine carrying Kim and Peter never returned to the harbor at the expected time, Kim’s boyfriend reported her as missing. Rescue service missions were sent out to scour the area, and eventually, the submarine was spotted in the bay just south-east of Amager by Drogden lighthouse at 10:30. Shortly after, the submarine began sinking. Peter Madsen was rescued by a private boat and brought back to shore. However, there was still no sign of the 30-year-old journalist. Peter explained to authorities that Kim had already been dropped off at a restaurant near the habor. In a strange turn of events, Peter suddenly changed his story the next day, claiming that there had been a terrible accident on the submarine. He recounted that when Kim tried exiting the hatch, the hatch door fell and hit her over the head and killed her. In a panic, he threw her body into the sea. The wreckage of the submarine was investigated and it was determined that the sinking was no accident.