Head, legs of missing Swedish journalist found

Danish police said Saturday that the head and legs of Swedish journalist Kim Wall had been found, almost two months after she disappeared on a submarine trip with Peter Madsen, the Danish investor who built his own submarine.

Bags containing the body parts and Wall's clothing were found Friday in Koge Bay, south of Copenhagen. Her torso had also been found in the same waters 11 days after she boarded Madsen's homemade submarine, Copenhagen Deputy Police Inspector Jens Moeller Jensen said at a press briefing.

The bags were weighed down by metal parts, Jensen said.

Wall was last seen on Aug. 10 when she went inside the 18-meter submarine with Madsen.

Madsen has subsequently been charged with killing Wall, dismembering her body and throwing the parts into the water.

He however denies murdering Wall, insisting that she was killed after being accidentally hit on her head by a heavy hatch cover aboard his submarine.

He also says Wall's body was intact when he threw it in the water in panic after the fatal accident.

However, the new findings on Friday put his explanation into question.

According to Jensen, there was "no sign of fracture on the skull" or signs of other blunt violence to the skull, citing an autopsy carried out overnight.

Copenhagen police previously said Wall's legs, arms and head were removed deliberately.

Earlier this week, it was reported that a hard disk found in Madsen's workshop contained video clips showing women were tortured, decapitated and burned.

Madsen however insisted the hard drive did not belong to him.

Wall, a freelance journalist based in New York and China, was believed to be working on a feature story about Madsen at the time of her disappearance.