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The police, suspicious of that mysterious shipwreck,
arranged for the recovery of the submarine and
ascertained that, contrary to what Madsen had de-
clared, the sinking had not been caused by a bre-
akdown, but by a sabotage, apparently performed
by Madsen himself, who later said that had he plan-
ned to die with his submarine. Inside the subma-
rine the police found some torn women's clothes,
which turned out to belong to Kim. This changed
the situation, and the suspicions held by the pro-
secutor about Madsen almost became certainties.
Madsen was arrested. Under pressure, the engineer
eventually admitted that the young woman had died
from a tragic accident. Kim, Madsen said, was de-
scending below deck while he held the submarine
hatch open, but he slipped and lost his balance, so
the hatch, that weighed 70 kilos, fell on the woman's
head, killing her instantly. In terror, he had thrown
the body into the sea.
The story Madsen told was a lie with some truth in
it, because Kim's body had actually been thrown
overboard. Ten days later, on August 21st, a cyclist
found a woman's torso on a beach. Her head and
limbs were missing. The DNA confirmed it was Kim
Wall's mutilated body.
Here below, Peter Madsen inside the
UC3. Below, at the bottom of the page,
Madsen himself speaks to the police in
the early days of the investigation
