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THE INVESTIGATION

At 15:42 hours, the Copenhagen Police received a report from a man

who was cycling in southwest Amager.

He saw something on the shoreline that looked like a body.

DAY 11 21ST AUGUST 2017

It's the body of a woman.

The torso of a woman.

When I say torso, that means there is no head.

There are no arms, and there are no legs.

Obviously, the police, media and others

are speculating about this woman's torso.

Is it Kim Wall?

At this point, it's too early to tell.

We simply don't know.

Just it say it honestly, Jens.

Do you think it's her or not?

I don't know yet, but there's a possibility it's her.

And you didn't find anything else?

No, we didn't.

Diving conditions are bad, they don't know where to look.

We hope to track the sub's route on radar and then...

But, as I said, they're constantly in the water, and we have dogs there.

We're doing our best, Joachim.

What kind of dogs? Cadaver dogs or what?

No, they're police dogs.

I see.

But there are dogs that are trained to find dead bodies in water.

I've never heard about cadaver dogs, but I'm happy to look into it.

Yes, please do.

And I've told you before, Jens, I'm happy to help.

One of my best mates is a diver,

and he knows Øresund like the back of his hand.

I can't let you join the investigation, Joachim.

Jens, it's my daughter we're looking for.

For me, this isn't just any old investigation.

We need answers, Jens. Do you get it?

We want answers.

Yes.

I understand that.

We don't expect DNA results before 36 hours,

but we'll start the autopsy anyway.

What conclusions do you expect to reach?

The cause of death, maybe the time of death.

If the arms and legs were cut off deliberately, and maybe nothing.

But you've seen the torso?

Yeah.

And?

And nothing.

If a body has been in seawater for a long time, you expect damages.

If it's been in the surface water, sunlight can have damaged the skin.

Stones and sand on the seabed can do the same.

Listen, I have the family and the press,

I have a prosecutor who wants the suspect held for two more weeks.

Jens, we'll do it as quickly as possible.

Of course.

I just can't get on with my work, unless you deliver.

I know.

I've asked Musa to stay here.

So as to keep me updated.

-I'm going back to the office. -Fine.

This is the fourth time you've called me in the last hour.

I still have no news.

Yes, I promise I'll let you know.

Yeah, but my phone isn't just there to give you headlines.

And what did the coroner think had happened?

He couldn't say yet.

-Didn't he see the torso? -You know what they're like.

He won't say until after the autopsy.

Right. Okay.

And when can they say if it's her?

The police have hair and a toothbrush from the parents, so it's in motion.

We'll know within the next 48 hour if there is a DNA match.

Okay. Call me when you know something.

You bet.

Is there any news on the route the sub took?

No, not yet.

It's the Swedes who surveil Øresund, and they're being a bit difficult.

I'll try to press them.

Great. They need something to dive for.

Musa, it's Jens calling again.

Give me a call.

-Maibritt? -Yes.

-Have you heard from Musa? -Isn't he at the coroner's office?

Yeah.

They should have finished by now.

I'm going home. Call me if there's any news.

Sure.

Cecilie asked if we'd like to come over for coffee.

-Some day. -Yeah.

I met her in town.

How is she?

She looked great.

Hey, are you okay?

I don't know.

The press are calling me all the time.

And I'm hearing nothing from the coroner.

If the torso we found is her...

Then I have to make a call to her parents that I'm not very keen on.

Musa, give me a ring. I'm right outside.

Musa.

Hi, Jens.

Why are you not calling me back?

We agreed you'd call me.

I was just about to call you.

He only just finished.

-Hello again. -Hello.

-Have you concluded anything? -Yeah.

We now know that the limbs were cut off deliberately

with something like a fretsaw with small teeth.

I need final confirmation of that.

We also know that the torso sustained at least 17 stab and cut wounds.

-17? -Yes.

But none of them were lethal.

Moreover, they all seem to have been inflicted after the time of death.

This could have been in order to puncture the body.

In combination with the pieces of iron attached to the torso,

one could imagine that someone didn't want the body to drift at sea.

Okay.

What's the cause of death?

I firmly believe you won't find it on the torso.

But if we assume it's the journalist,

didn't he say that a hatch hit her in the head?

What do you think happened?

I think she died as a result of blunt force.

And he made up the story about the hatch

to explain why we found skull injuries.

Well, you have to find that head then.

DAY 12 22ND AUGUST 2017

I had the lads in the water this morning.

We searched around bridge pillars, pound net stakes and fishing nets.

No luck.

We have to do something, Jens. We're short on information.

We have almost 100 volunteers searching the coastline,

in Denmark and in Sweden.

We have planes, dogs, and helicopters.

And we've got all my divers in the sea.

But no clue where he dumped the rest of the body.

We can't establish a cause of death unless we find that head.

We just can't.

And we'd really like to find it.

We just don't have a clue where we have to dive.

Now!

Now!

There's something I'd very much like to show you.

I've just come from Vessel Traffic Service in Malmö, VTS:

I don't know what made the difference,

but when I went this morning, I could get access to the radar printouts

I asked for the day before yesterday.

So...

We have the route now.

We photographed the radar track from the 10th to 11th of August.

We traced what we believe is the sub's route across Køge Bay.

And as you can see, there is a dot for every five minutes

between 20:00 hours and 10:22 when it sank.

It submerged here, just after she wrote her text message.

And it came up here, where we know that his phone was online.

Then they went to Drogden Lighthouse and stayed for 60 minutes.

Then he seems to have spotted

a freighter going to Avedøre Power Station.

He follows in its wake, enters Køge Bay

and dives down just after 04:40 hours.

And he's visible again here, at 08:22.

And after a short trip to the south, he heads towards Drogden Lighthouse,

and the submarine sinks at exactly 10:22.

What about here?

There's a gap here of what? Three and a half hours?

I'd say it was submerged.

And then it drifted south and surfaced down here.

How sure are you of this?

Quite sure.

-Can you talk to the divers? -Sure.

And Maibritt, get a status on the Swedish search.

Yes.

LM, did you get my message?

Yeah.

Nikolaj's with me.

-Was it you who traced the route? -Yeah, have a look.

-Have you been introduced? -Yeah.

Look at this.

As you can see,

the route is made up of radar surveillance on the night.

Bloody hell!

There are five minutes between each dot. I made it last night.

Jarnis!

It's based on information from VTS.

-Yup? -Fucking take a look.

It begins there at 23:25 hours.

All the way.

It's fucking ace.

-Can you use it? -You bet. Cheers.

You're welcome.

Hello?

-Hi, Joachim. -Hi.

I'm calling to tell you that we've traced the route the sub took

in Øresund and Køge Bay on the night of the 10th and 11th August.

Really?

Yeah.

Do you know anything about it?

No, why would I?

First, we couldn't get the radar surveillance,

and the next day they let us see it.

I don't think my call made any difference.

I wonder.

But the divers can dive more precisely now, so that's progress.

That's great.

Do you have any news on the DNA tests?

No, not yet.

But I'll obviously call you when we know if we got a match.

It's just that...

Yes?

No, it's nothing.

DAY 13 23RD AUGUST 2017

Jens speaking.

Okay.

Thanks for calling.

Any news?

They got the DNA tests back.

It's her torso that we found.

Hello, Joachim. It's Jens here.

Sorry to call you this early.

We have the results of the DNA tests.

Yeah.

I'm afraid it's a match.

Good morning.

Let me begin by expressing my sympathy for Kim Wall's loved ones,

whom I had to notify last night

that we found a DNA match with the torso discovered two days ago.

Just keep your shoes on.

Are you sure?

Oh, yeah. The dog drags in all sorts.

The red pins are hers.

Yeah.

She travelled far and wide.

She and her boyfriend were moving to China. They were getting a flat.

Come and take a seat.

-Would you like some more coffee? -No thanks.

How shall we do this?

When we first met, I said I'd share everything with you.

I want to keep my promise.

I brought some sketches of the torso.

I also brought some photos.

It's up to you if you want to see both or only the sketches.

Maybe we should start with the sketches.

What I am showing you is a sketch of the torso,

and the damages inflicted are marked with a cross.

-Joachim... -Iso, come here.

My goodness.

My darling.

It's so vast.

Was that radar information from Malmö of any use to you?

And what about the cadaver dogs?

I'm afraid we don't have them in Denmark.

Why not?

They don't think there's sufficient evidence that it works.

Please give my regards to everyone and thank them for their help.

From both of us.

Thanks, Jens.

Bye.

Let us know if there's anything we can do to help.

I will. I promise we'll do everything we can.

Sure.

Bye.

Hi. You've called Cecilie. I can't take your call right now.

But leave a message and I'll call you back. Bye.

Hi, Cille...

DAY 17 27TH AUGUST 2017

We're going to start searching stay 3.

We've got divers in.

Down you go.

Yeah.

We've done stay 3. Search of stay 3 completed.

Negative. Nothing found. I repeat: nothing found.

We won't find anything.

Nobody said it would be easy.

Easy? Nobody said it would be impossible either.

Eight men have dived for 240 hours since the 11th of August.

That's 240 hours in two weeks.

They're not seeing their wives and children and working 24/7.

They're under a lot of pressure, and when they ask what the point is,

what do I tell them?

What the fuck do you want me to do?

Eh?

Of course I wish I knew exactly where to dive, but I don't.

How long have we known each other, Jens?

I've never seen you at such a loss.

The hearing is scheduled for 9:30 on the 5th of September,

and we still don't have enough evidence.

The coroner maintains that the torso has no trace of the cause of death?

Yeah.

I have to make a case for manslaughter in less than two weeks.

And we won't get far without a cause of death.

Yeah.

What do the divers say? Didn't you establish the route?

We did, but it's still virtually impossible.

Alright.

I have an appointment in five minutes, so let's get going.

We now know that it's the torso of Kim.

We know she didn't die from force inflicted on the torso.

We know the suspect is lying and didn't dump the body intact.

What he did, we don't know.

Thanks to Nikolaj's trip to VTS,

we've pieced together the route the sub took.

The divers have used that, but found nothing yet.

Jakob, you say we can't file charges for murder.

We may be able to charge him,

but it will be very difficult to convict without a cause of death.

But we can't establish the cause of death without the head

and remaining body parts.

We'll just have to keep looking.

Thanks for seeing me.

I appreciate it.

Of course.

Sorry that I...

Well...

That you what?

That you left when I told you you were becoming a granddad?

Or are you apologising for another time when you forgot about me?

One of my birthdays?

Swimming contests, school plays?

Or maybe my high school graduation party?

All of it, I think.

Maybe you weren't there for me,

but you can't do anything about it now, can you?

I don't know, I just want to...

I just want my child to be able to rely on their granddad.

Right?

Go fetch!

Well done! Yeah!

Well done.

Come, come.

Let go.

Well done.

Hi, Joachim. This is Jens.

I'm just calling to tell you

that I'll ask the Swedish police to borrow their dogs.

Fine. Bye.

Hello, this is Jens Møller from the Copenhagen Police.

I'm calling because we need your help.

Yes, please.

Thanks. They're pretty.

My dear Ingrid, won't you come inside?

Come back inside.

Subtitles: Kenn Nakata Steffensen www.plint.com