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Jakob, what do you need to bring the case to court?

Cause of death.

What if we never find out?

Then I'm not sure I can refute his explanation.

You mean you're not sure if he did it?

It doesn't really matter what I think.

It's not for me to decide the verdict.

If I can't counter any doubts about his guilt then it's tough.

'In dubbio pro reo'.

What does that mean?

'In dubbio pro reo', means the benefit of doubt

or reasonable doubt always sits with the accused.

And that's the problem we have here.

Okay. What is the reasonable doubt here?

We don't know cause of death. Without that I can't refute his explanation.

I know, he has given 3 different explanations but he can do that. The

burden of proof is on our side and any doubt is to his advantage.

Okay. Let's look at it from the other side.

What is our ammunition?

Musa?

Her blood was found in the submarine.

Which he explained when he admitted to have butchered the corpse.

Which tells us he tried to hide some evidence.

Nope.

He butchered the corpse because he couldn't get it out in one piece.

Isn't that what he said?

In any case he tried to get rid of the corpse.

Yes.

But not to hide something.

It was because he panicked.

He has planned it all in advance.

He brought a saw, a hose and iron pipes.

He tried to lure other women to the submarine before

she called him and agreed on the interview.

The saw was there because he was putting up some shelves.

The hose and iron pipes are common objects on a submarine.

Not all witnesses agree to that.

No, but who knows the submarine best? The designer and

the builder or his rather random group of associates?

What about the other women?

Nothing illegal in inviting people on a sailing trip.

Okay.

We have found videos and photos on his computer showing

that he was fascinated by piercings, beheadings

and violent porn. He watched a snuff film where

a woman is beheaded, shortly before they sailed.

Now you are assuming.

He searched for the video, but we can't prove that he watched it.

And it is not illegal to watch or be fascinated by violent porn.

It may be sick, but it's not against the law.

Come on Jakob!

We know he killed her. He cut her up and threw her into the sea.

Yes, we know it.

And we know he planned it.

And there is additionally sexual violence.

But can we prove it?

In the coming days we will get the results of the accused mental evaluation.

If it is in our favour and questions his mental

health, then we are in slightly better position.

We are also waiting for the technical report on the

questions arising from his latest explanations.

Is it possible she died from carbon monoxide poisoning?

Would there been a heat blast? - that should be visible on the body parts?

But the most critical is...

..if the Medical Examiner can pinpoint the cause of death.

'In dubbio pro reo'.

I must ensure there is no reasonable doubt.

THE INVESTIGATION

Hi.

You worked late.

Any news?

We are still waiting for the ME's report.

Alright.

Unless they come up with some conclusions, it is no help.

No.

Here.

Have some wine.

Takes your mind of it.

I hate waiting.

Yes.

You hate to wait.

What have you got?

Everything we have gathered on the case.

- What do you do with it? - I'm going to read it.

- Everything? - Yes.

Everything.

Until I find what we have missed.

What makes you think we have missed something?

Because....

Because this isn't a perfect crime.

It's a clumsy and bungled crime.

So we must have missed something.

And you?

Are you going home or will you help me?

I was going home. But now I am helping you.

Day 123 11ᵗʰ December 2017

Nikolaj?

By e-mail? What does it say?

Seriously?

Yes. I'll print and read it at once.

What's happening?

The ME is unable to determine cause of death.

What happens now?

I don't know.

Have you read it?

Yes.

What do we do now?

I go and speak to Jakob.

No clear conclusions.

It looks that way.

All the pieces point in one direction.

I need to re-read it, but they are clearly not sure.

Where does it put us?

Without cause of death?

Pretty bad.

What do we do now?

We need to go through the report line by line and find a way.

But right now we struggle to charge him with manslaughter.

I need to be back in court. But we must get them to be more specific in their report.

Klaus.

Jens. It's lunch time.

No problem. You continue eating.

I don't understand why there are no conclusions.

There are plenty of conclusions.

- You didn't determine cause of death. - No.

Because we cannot say for sure.

We both know he killed her.

He butchered her and threw her in the sea.

Jens. I am the Medical Examiner. I can't make conclusions just

because you need them. I have to be 100% sure - no less, no more.

What do you want me to say?

That you will look at it one more time.

Send me an e-mail with additional questions and we will try to answer them.

Day 126 14ᵗʰ December 2007

He comes across as perverse and severely sexually

deviant and when his deviant personality

combines with his sexual deviation then he is

a danger to the lives and freedom of others.

Is that the mental health evaluation?

He is clearly deviant.

Yes.

Which is not against the law.

Even if it sounds good for us it is not a hammer blow.

But surely it incriminates him?

Yes, it does. But standalone it's not enough.

We agree this is good news?

Yes, it is.

And if we can get cause of death then that would be a big help.

We need cause of death to back up our theories.

The report from The Technical Institution has arrived.

And while it doesn't categorically state that it has

happened, it does not exclude the possibility that

there might have been a heat blast down in the

submarine which caused the hatch to get stuck.

So it does not refute his story?

No.

Then we are stuck.

What do we do next?

I really don't know.

What about her mobiles? Are they a possibility?

LM thinks it is unlikely they can be found.

And even if we do, then the seawater has probably destroyed them and the SIM cards.

Then our only chance is that they find a cause

of death being slashing of the throat.

When are you meeting with the parents?

This afternoon.

Thanks for coming in.

Of course.

I wanted to bring you up to date with the investigation.

I have always promised to share everything with you.

Unfortunately the report from The Technical

Institute does not refute his latest explanation.

I see...

Additionally the divers think it is impossible to find the phones now.

They are somewhere under sand and seaweed.

If you give me the radar tracking and maps, then I will continue to search.

I can't do that, Joachim.

Jens, she recorded all her interviews on the phone.

- Yes, I know. - All of them.

If we find it, it will tell us what happened.

The prosecution office does not believe the phones will play a part in their case.

And any recordings are most likely destroyed.

Then, why does the case not go to court right now?

I understand that it seems clear cut.

But unfortunately it isn't.

We are struggling to prove his explanations wrong.

Then, why don't you continue to dive?

If there is something to be found then you must continue.

- Do you understand? - Yes, I do understand.

What are we looking for?

Without cause of death we are struggling to get him on manslaughter.

Yes, hello.

Hi Klaus.

Hold on Klaus - I'm down in parking. I'll call you back.

It's Klaus.

Hi. It's Jens Møller again. What do you have for me?

Yes. Hi Jens. Listen, I thought it best to call you before we send you the report.

To tell me what?

We have updated the report to state that we cannot exclude

that cause of death is cutting of the throat or strangulation.

That is... the closest we can get.

So there is still no clear conclusion?

Yes, we conclude wherever we possibly can.

We just can't conclude on the cause of death.

Damn it, Jens. Look at it from my side.

PULL!

PULL!

PULL!

Jens?

I've got something you need to see.

We know that she is alive when she sends a text to her boyfriend at 20:25.

Then they dive and we know they are back up at 23:24

because the accused sends a text to his wife.

As there is no phone activity from the victim, we assume she is dead at this point.

And this is where it gets interesting, because in the ME's report...

The part about the torso...

They have determined that two of the stab wounds on

the torso were inflicted before or right after the time of death.

This they have done based on the colour of the wound

indicating that blood was still pumping at the time, but...

in the questioning of the accused, he states that she died

from carbon monoxide poisoning when she got trapped in the submarine

and only much later, after multiple attempts to get her whole

up and out of the submarine, he was forced to cut her up in pieces.

Don't you see it?

The ME concludes that the wounds have been made before or right after death occurred.

The accused has said he sailed around for many

hours with her dead before he did anything to her.

Before or right after.

What does it mean... ...right after?

Is it hours, minutes, seconds?

They are not there yet.

- Where are you going? - ME's office.

There he is. Wait here.

Klaus!

What the hell...

Jens, I've not even started work yet.

Don't worry. I have a simple question.

You got two minutes.

When in the report it is stated that stab wounds

were inflicted before or right after death occurred.

Yes?

What does that mean?

I will happily expand in writing to you.

What does 'Right After' mean?

Well, that's hard to define exactly.

Seconds?

Minutes?

Hours?

It's not great for me to rush out of Christmas prep at my kids school.

I hope you have something good.

Take a seat.

Do you want coffee?

No thanks.

We don't have cause of death...

but...

Do you take over?

Earlier this morning I discovered something that turns out to be very interesting.

The accused has explained that the stab wounds

we found on the torso happened during the

dismembering of the corpse and that this took

place many hours after she accidentally died.

- Yes - Yes, but....

Even if the ME's report fails to truly back us

up, there were some details that caught my eye.

One of the few concrete conclusions is that...

two of the stab wounds on the torso were

inflicted before or right after death occurred.

See there?

Okay.

What time-frame does 'Right After' cover?

Not more than one hour.

More likely minutes.

Okay.

And....

The report from The Technical Institute concludes

that if his explanation of engine failure and

carbon monoxide is to be believed then there would

have been a massive heat blast in the submarine.

But the ME has not found any single evidence of this on the body parts.

Before... right after... no heat impact.... and they can't exclude beheading.

That's it.

There is not much doubt left now.

This is Jakob.

Christmas is canceled. We need to write a prosecution case.

London?

Okay. Then you need to come back. Isn't there an airport in London?

Jakob.

We are finishing off at our end and then it is officially over to you.

Okay.

I've got an idea.

What if the contributing motive was that the victim was working as a journalist?

How is that contributing?

Because for her this was a job. That's the only reason she went with him.

She is telling his story. She is performing an important role for society.

And he uses that.

The more I think about it, it becomes ever clearer to me to be a contributing factor.

Day 159 16ᵗʰ January 2018

When the prosecution is able to take a case to the courts and presents its case

then that is in large scale due to your hard, exact and tireless work.

I cannot thank you enough for your work.

Thank you for your trust in me.

Many, many thanks.

Why does it sounds like you are retiring?

You hear what you want to hear!

Have a great day.

Do you know how many murder cases I have been involved in?

138.

But I have never ever had a case like this one.

It's like they can't get enough.

I read what he eats in one of the morning papers.

They write about how the accused celebrated Christmas?

There are 50 murders in Denmark every year, right?

Yes or thereabouts.

That is the lowest level ever.

mmmm.

It doesn't feel that way.

Because we hear about each and every one.

It seems that... the more we know, the more we need and want to know.

Welcome all.

To this press briefing at Copenhagen’s Police in relation

to charges being brought in the submarine case.

How many years in prison do you think he will get?

That's hard to say, but if he's found guilty then we are seeking life sentence.

Have you decided if to attend or not?

Yes, how can we not?

I can't say exactly how it will go.

But you must be prepared for lot of ugly stuff.

All details will be brought out in the open.

And the press interest will be like nothing before.

We are nevertheless her parents...

...so of course we will be there.

Yes.

How is it with your daughter? Isn't she due soon?

Yes, at any time now.

- And she is okay? - mmmm.

Congratulations Jens. You're about to become grandad.

It doesn't get much better than that.

I don't know how we would have got through this without you.

I wish you had never met me.

How did it go with them?

- It went fine. - Come here.

Look.

It is all black and white.

But the colours are still there...

We just can't see them...

until the sun comes up again.

Day 210 8ᵗʰ March 2018

Are you ready to go?

Tomato? Yes or no?

- Yes, please. - Very good.

There is a lot of food in this lunchbox.

It's gonna be fine.

- What's gonna be fine? - It's dad's first day in court today.

Haven't you done it hundred times before?

- Yes, but.. - Do you have your bag?

- Here you go. - Yes, alright.

Off you go.

Wednesday 25ᵗʰ April 2018, the accused was found guilty and given the longest possible sentence: Prison for life.

Jakob Buch-Jepsen succeeded in having the fact that Kim Wall was working as a journalist added as an aggravating factor in the sentencing.

Joachim Wall continues to search for his daughter's phone in Øresund and Køge Bay.

Jens Møller stopped as head of Copenhagen's murder squad in 2018 and shortly afterwards decided to retire completely.

- It is so nice to see you. - Likewise.

Already during the investigation, Ingrid and Joachim Wall founded the Kim Wall Memorial Fund.

The fund supports young female journalists that, like Kim Wall, seek to tell the stories of people that are unable to speak for themselves.

Kim became an excellent journalist.

She longed to tell about injustice in the world

and its beauty.

She wanted to show that a girl from Trelleborg

can make a difference in a male dominated media world

and to make other people more intelligent about themselves

and each other by telling stories from...

... the whole world.

She wanted to show that we can do what we want with our lives

and that we therefore have responsibility.

And that is what I learned from her.

That I am much stronger than I ever thought.

And that it is my duty to keep up the fight.

It is your life.

Ensure it will be a good life. A fruitful life.

A beautiful life. An inquiring life.

Move away from darkness. Believe in the light.

My name is Ingrid Wall and Kim Wall is my daughter.

In memory of Journalist: KIM ISABEL FREDRIKA WALL

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