Peter Madsen, a Danish inventor about whom Wall is believed to have been writing a feature article, was charged with manslaughter last week. He told a court hearing this week that Wall died in an accident on his vessel and that he “buried” her at sea. Danish authorities had been searching for the reporter since she failed to return from an interview with Madsen on board the Nautilus. Kim Wall timeline Kim Wall timelineOn Wednesday Madsen’s lawyer said her client still maintains that Wall died accidentally, and that the discovery of the journalist’s torso did not mean he was guilty of killing her. “It doesn’t change my client’s explanation that an accident happened,” Betina Hald Engmark told Danish tabloid BT.

Source: The Guardian August 23, 2017 05:51 UTC