Sub-human caper

Danish writer butchered after submarine trip

DANISH DIVERS found the decapitated head, legs and clothes of a Swedish journalist who was killed after going on a trip with an inventor on his submarine, police said Saturday.

The body parts and clothing were found Friday in plastic bags with a knife and “heavy metal pieces” to make them sink near where 30-year-old Kim Wall’s naked, headless torso was found in August, Copenhagen police investigator Jens Moeller Jensen said.

Moeller Jensen said there were no fractures to Wall’s skull and he declined to comment on the discovery of the knife.

Peter Madsen (photo right), the 46-year-old Danish inventor who is being held on manslaughter charges, has said Wall (photo left) died after being accidentally hit by a 155-pound hatch on the UC3 Nautilus submarine. He said he then “buried” her at sea.

Investigators believe Madsen killed Wall, cut up her body and attached a belt with a pipe to the torso so it would sink. Officials said her head, arms and legs had been deliberately cut off after her death.

Police have found videos on Madsen’s personal computer of women being tortured, decapitated and murdered. The videos were considered to be real, according to prosecutor Buch-Jepsen. Jakob

Police said 15 stab wounds were on the torso found at sea off Copenhagen on Aug. 21. Her arms are still missing. Wall’s cause of death hasn’t yet been established.

The detention of Madsen, who has denied manslaughter charges, expires Oct. 31 when a court will decide if he will continue to remain in custody ahead of a possible trial. He is also being held on charges of indecently handling a corpse.

Police say the submarine only sailed in Danish waters during the Aug. 10 trip.

Police believe the pair didn’t know each other beforehand. Wall was working on a story about Madsen, who dreamed of launching a manned space mission. She was last seen alive on Aug. 10 aboard the 40-ton, nearly 60-foot long submarine as it left Copenhagen.

The following day, Madsen was rescued from the sinking submarine without Wall and was arrested. Police believe he deliberately scuttled the vessel.

Marks on the dismembered torso indicated that someone had tried to press air out of the body so it wouldn’t float, police said.

A court-ordered psychiatric evaluation of Madsen is pending.