Danish police say the size of a headless female torso found on the sea’s edge in Copenhagen suggests it could be that of a Swedish journalist who died after taking a submarine ride with the vessel’s Danish inventor.
Police said divers were still searching the area and they were investigating reports of other body parts that may have been spotted in Copenhagen harbour.
Danish inventor Peter Madsen has been charged with killing Kim Wall, a Swedish journalist, in his home-made submarine.
“We’re dealing with a torso where arms, legs and head were cut off deliberately,” Copenhagen police spokesman Jens Moller said in a video statement.
“The length of the torso doesn’t speak against it being Kim Wall, but we still don’t know.”
Mr Madsen told a court she had died in an accident on board the submarine and that he had buried her at sea, changing his earlier statement that he dropped her off alive in Copenhagen.
Police are conducting DNA tests to identify the torso — found on Monday by a passing cyclist — and the results are due Wednesday morning (local time), Mr Moller said.
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