Copenhagen Police. How can I help you?
Yes, please email the photos to us.
And he saw them together?
Your name? Pernille Rønnebæk.
And you saw them in the harbor fairway at 19:10?
Yes, please send your photos.
THE INVESTIGATION
DAY 4 14 AUGUST 2017
My team has made a list of everything we've found.
We quickly concluded that there are traces of human blood in the sub.
- Okay. How much? - Not a lot.
We can't confirm it's hers.
It's been flushed with 38 000 liters of salt water.
- Finding anything was a miracle. - And you sent it for DNA analysis?
Yes, we just don't know if there's enough to yield a result.
Besides that we've found a green hose, some iron pipes etc.
But let's talk later when we release it to your investigation.
In your professional opinion, are we dealing with a homicide?
Let me wrap this up now. You'll have it by the end of the day.
The phones are ringing off the hook. We're trying to gain an overview.
There are reports that the detainee and the journalist knew each other.
And that they were known in the BDSM environment in Copenhagen.
There are reports that say he has a complex and active sex life.
And from friends who say he's innocent
and that this must be a misunderstanding.
- When will the room be ready for us? - In a couple of hours.
Hi.
We've received a video recorded by a cruise tourist at around 20:00.
- It's of a boat close to the sub. - How close?
Close enough for someone to cross from one to the other.
- Who was on that boat? - We don't know.
The video was shot 100 meters away from the cruise ship.
Did someone get on board the sub? Were they not alone?
Or did she leave the sub and wasn't on it when it sank?
Jens. Yes.
I have no comment. But you'll be the first to know when I do.
You all know Chief Prosecutor Jakob Buch.
He's not here to interfere in our work but to inform us about his own.
- Jakob, the floor is yours. - Thank you.
As you know, the accused was remanded in custody for four weeks
on suspicion of manslaughter under aggravated circumstances.
I don't agree with that ruling
but at least you now have four weeks to move forward with the investigation.
I neither will, nor am I allowed to interfere with the investigation
but I must emphasize how important it is that you
before the next court hearing can procure evidence of homicide
so that he is detained on the right charge.
At the moment we have a long list of scenarios and theories.
They may have known each other, they may have been in a relationship.
She may have been hit on the head by a hatch or something else.
Mere assumptions.
And there's a big difference between what we know and what we assume.
What we assume, is what we cannot prove.
What we know, is what we can prove.
And if this is a homicide, I must be able to prove it,
or he walks.
I thought you weren't gonna interfere in our work.
I'm not. But the quality of my work depends on the quality of yours.
So... have a good day.
- Thank you. - Thanks.
Okay. There are four ways someone can die.
Natural causes, accident, suicide, homicide.
The accused has explained it was an accident, we charge him with homicide.
Those are currently our two options.
So...
Homicide.
Accident.
We know from photos and witnesses that the sub sails out at about 19:00.
We know she texts her boyfriend at 20:25
which reads: "Still alive BTW. Which means by the way.
"But going down now. I love you.
I've asked myself if that indicates she was afraid.
But nothing points to that.
She was a journalist and used to many different circumstances.
And in every photo we have of them she looks happy and smiling.
So...
Text to the boyfriend...
... at 20:25.
Then there's a gap of which we know nothing.
Until the sub is sighted the next morning
at Drogden lighthouse at 10:00 and suddenly sinks at 10:22.
The accused is picked up by a motorboat and taken to Dragør harbor
where he enters into our custody.
What happened in the 14 hours
between 20:25 and 10:22?
Well?
I'm checking who's monitoring the traffic in the Sound.
Whether it's kept and detailed enough for us to see the route of the sub.
It looks like I have to go to Malmoe to get the relevant info.
I'll keep you posted.
- Musa? - Yes.
When Nikolaj and I interviewed the accused, I found an article
in which the accused made a statement:
"I hope to have a criminal career. Not that I intend to rob a bank.
Hell no. No one must get hurt.
I will, in all secrecy, build a hydrogen balloon and fly over Copenhagen
while hundreds of patrol cars chase me around on the ground.
I'll land between the spires of Roskilde Cathedral where the police await."
Then he says, and I quote:
"I don't know if it'll be exactly like that
but I will create a happening of gigantic dimensions."
So apparently there's a third possibility.
- Maibritt. - Yes?
The motorboat close to the sub.
We need to talk to the guy who drove it.
Okay.
Happening.
Could she have crawled across to the motorboat?
Sitting in hiding writing an article about being a victim of a crime?
That would certainly be a happening. And with no one getting hurt.
This is Detective Maibritt Porse with the Copenhagen police.
We're looking for the owner of a sailboat that is relevant to a case.
I'm not quite sure, but probably a 20-24 foot motorboat.
Yes.
Sure, but could you forward an email to your members
asking them to get in touch if they have any information?
Great. And your email is?
Is that .com? .dk, okay.
Thanks.
I'll be in touch. Bye.
- Any news? - Not yet.
But I'm calling all yacht clubs in a 45km radius,
on the Swedish side as well
asking them to contact their members. We'll have to see.
Musa've picked up a young man who worked at the accused's workshop.
- I'd like you to conduct the interview. - Okay.
We also got hold of one of his girlfriends.
She might know something.
Musa has prepared IR 5 for you.
What if it's just a happening?
Do you know why you're here?
- Yes. - Good. So, let's get to it.
- How long have you known him? - For two years.
What do you do when you're together?
All sorts of things. I help out in his workshop.
He's always working on all kinds of crazy things.
Such as?
Like ... nothing dangerous.
Just...
Listen, I can't even imagine he would ever do anything to that woman.
No. We're just trying to find out what happened.
We talk a lot about the war
and sometimes we only speak German to each other.
Have you ever seen him upset or aggressive?
I mean, he has a temper, you know?
But I mean... you have to, if you want to make something of yourself.
What else did you talk about?
- We... just talk. A lot. - About what?
About our plans and fantasies and...
What would those fantasies be?
I don't know.
Nothing specific.
- When does he get out? - He's remanded in custody for 4 weeks.
But that's all up to the judge.
- You don't think he killed her, do you? - I think you're holding out on us.
- What do you mean? - What were the fantasies about?
We talked about WW2
and ongoing projects in the workshop
and historic people
perfect crimes...
... air balloons. We're both fascinated by them.
The accused said that he dumped the body between Falsterbo, Sweden and Avedøre.
Those two points are 35 km apart.
In order to sweep the area,
we're placing 4 weights in a rectangle on the bottom
connected to buoys at the surface.
These are called jackstays, of 20 x 200 m.
Three divers dive in and swim side by side from one end to the other.
They search the bottom thoroughly. Once we've searched a jackstay
we move the weights and search a new jackstay.
And then we just go on and on,
rectangle after rectangle after rectangle.
I know it's not optimal...
If we don't know where to look,
it'll take us some time to search the Sound.
Jens.
Print that we have planes and helicopters in the air
and dogs along the coast.
And divers in the sea.
I can't comment on that for now.
No. I promise to inform you first when we know more.
Okay.
We'll keep diving.
But we won't find anything like this.
- Hello, Jens. - Hello, Joachim.
Hello.
Well... We'd like to have a look at Kim's computer
so I've asked the Swedish police to pick it up.
Why?
To check if there's anything that might help us find out what happened.
Like what?
It could be emails, photos or Facebook messages.
Maybe they knew each other.
They didn't. No, no...
It's important we confirm that.
So, do you have a warrant?
No... it's not a search.
I don't know if we can just give you access to everything.
I don't understand. Why not?
- Kim's a journalist, Jens. - Yes?
There's a lot of information about people who...
They might be in danger and in need of protection!
Women who put their lives on the line for what they believe in.
People who trust her.
Joachim, we're only interested in information about this case.
Yes, but if we just hand over her hard drive and notes
we don't have any guarantee that someone won't go through it all.
No, no. Ingrid and I will have to discuss it first.
How would you describe your relationship?
As a good relationship.
- Yes? - Yes.
- Are you friends or a couple or...? - We're friends.
And... with a bit of...
A bit of...?
Yes.
- You mean you sleep together. - Yes.
Or...
Yes. Yes.
- Has he ever been violent with you? - No.
I mean, unless we agree on it.
If it's part of the game, you know?
Yes? Okay.
And at one point we attended BDSM and fetish parties.
But it was actually difficult to get him to do anything.
Because he's very polite. And he's very cautious.
Did you ever meet the Swedish journalist?
- Did he ever mention her? - No, never.
Okay.
Have you been inside the sub?
- Have you sailed in it? - Yes.
Have you had sex in it?
Often?
No, just that one time.
How was it?
- Uhm, what do you mean? - Was it BDSM or regular sex?
Oh, it was just regular sex. It was just...
I think it was.
Gentle.
Seriously...
He's no monster. He really isn't.
I don't know what happened, but he didn't do anything.
I know that much.
- Hi. - Hi.
I asked Jakob to sit in to get a sense of where we are.
- Where's Musa? - He went out to the sub.
- Did Forensics finish? - No. He ran out of patience.
I see. Nikolaj?
I've made a timeline of what we know
and... well, what we don't know. I'll update it as we go along.
Unfortunately, we haven't been able to map out the route of the sub.
Radar surveillance was either erased or not detailed enough.
- What about Malmoe? - I'm waiting to hear back from them.
- And you? Anything new? - Yes.
We haven't had any luck locating the motorboat driver
but our interviews confirm that the accused was fascinated by the idea
of committing the perfect crime and that he explored sexual boundaries.
And then there's a rumor that they knew each other.
Saying what?
Some have seen them kissing in a café or attending sex parties.
I haven't been able to confirm it.
But we got a call from a woman who was told
by a chief surgeon at Rigshospitalet that he'd seen them kissing.
- A chief surgeon? - Yes. Lennart... Stauner.
- Have we talked to him? - I'm meeting with him later this week.
If he confirms it, we'll have to reconsider jealousy as a motive.
Yes...
Or they're leading us by the nose.
- When was the motorboat by the sub? - At 20:15.
So that's before she sent the text.
Nikolaj, will you put that on the board?
Jens.
- Who told you that? - What was it? Lennart...
Lennart Stauner.
Are you printing that?
No, I definitely don't have a comment.
- What's going on? - The press has heard the rumor.
One of the tabloids is considering it for their front page.
They say they'll be done in an hour at the earliest.
Why don't you go home and get a fresh start tomorrow? It's late.
What would I do?
Sleep.
I haven't been waiting for this the whole weekend just to go home and sleep.
Call me if you find anything.
We are working many angles, but we still have not found a body.
We believe we're looking for a dead person.
And we're searching both the Danish and Swedish side of Køge Bay.
Nero, come on.
Come. Go on.
- Jens Møller. - Niels Bark from The News.
Would you like to come to the studio and talk about the Submarine Case?
The Submarine Case? Oh, so that's what you call it.
- The tabloids came up with it. - It's too early to talk about it.
I'm afraid I have no comment, but you'll be the first to know when I do. Okay?
- Looking forward to it. - Great. Bye.
Hi, Musa. What's up?
I'm on my way up now.
Panties and pantyhose.
- Where were they found? - Under a grate in the sub.
- How did they get there? - Must've been placed there.
They didn't just happen to end up there during salvaging and draining?
I don't see how, but I can't rule it out.
Why would he put them there? Are they hers?
Maybe. Forensics are submitting them for DNA testing.
DAY 5 15 August 2017
- Coffee? - Please.
This is Maibritt. She's part of our team and will assist us with the technology.
I understand that there are things we cannot see?
No, nothing like that, but there are things you cannot copy.
Our daughter is a journalist, and many people trust her.
It's about protecting her sources.
Yes, of course. I apologize. I expressed myself poorly.
So, as I mentioned, Maibritt will be at the keyboard helping us.
- I'll just set it up. - Yes.
I think we got everything.
Here you go.
All these photos are from the Marshall Islands.
Between 1946 and 1958
the US conducted 67 nuclear tests at the Marshall Islands.
Kim and two colleagues went there to do a series of articles.
That's where the pictures are from.
Those poor children didn't understand anything.
They talked about two sunrises. One in the east and one in the west.
And then it started snowing.
They'd only ever heard of snow, so they were so excited
and ran out and rolled around in it.
Only, it wasn't snow, of course.
It was radioactive ashes.
This is far out in the Pacific. Between Hawaii and Australia.
Halfway between, actually. And it's a ticking time bomb.
The US did a vast clean-up project in 1978, but it wasn't sufficient.
They encapsulated the radioactive waste in a cement cap.
But the thing is that plutonium has a half-life of 24 000 years.
So it's just a matter of time before the cap deteriorates
and the radioactive waste spills into the sea.
Oh yes, she got several awards
for that series of articles.
Although they appear not to have known each other
I still need to share something with you.
I was contacted by one of the tabloids.
They're considering printing a story that...
... is based solely on rumours.
What rumours?
Rumors that imply that Kim and the accused knew each other
and that they were in a relationship.
I'm very sorry for bringing it up
but it's very likely that the story will be front-page news tomorrow.
And I wanted you to hear it from me first.
Oh, God...
But it's not true! What kind of journalists are they?
How's it going?
Fine.
I've never had a homicide case that didn't follow me home at night.
- Maibritt? - Yes.
I don't know about you,
but in the health sector we don't have time for this.
- I have five minutes. - That's fine.
I don't know what you're talking about. You might have the wrong person.
I don't think so.
So what is it that I've supposedly said?
That you saw them passionately kissing in a café on Christianshavn.
Why would I ever gossip like that?
To appear interesting.
- So, if there's nothing else... - There is.
Pernille Rønnebæk.
- Does that name ring a bell? - Yes, why?
She's the one who told us you were at a dinner
and that you'd mentioned seeing them together in Christianshavn.
If it's not true, I'll have to ask her why she would lie about that.
- I might recognize that. - Fine. When did you see them together?
- I didn't. - What do you mean?
I never saw them together.
So you made it up?
I'd heard it somewhere and retold it as if I was the one who'd seen them.
Okay...
Who did you hear it from?
I don't remember.
I don't know about you,
but in the police we don't have time for this.
And I doubt the victim's family has.
DAY 6 16 AUGUST 2017
I'm here to talk with Head of Homicide Jens Møller.
I understand you're looking for me or... for my boat.
Let me see if he's in.
Here you go. I only have water. The coffee machine broke down.
Right... Thank you.
I'm here because I've heard you've been searching for my boat
in connection with the Swedish journalist and the sub.
I don't know if I should have brought a lawyer?
I don't know that either.
- What were you doing at the sub? - Nothing.
Ah, you just said your boat was alongside the sub, right?
- Yes. - Weren't you driving it?
Yes, but...
We were never up close to the sub.
Uhm... we were about four or five meters away.
I can't find the photo now, but... Yes.
My son was fascinated by the sub, so we took this photo.
And... that's all.
I was so upset when I read about it.
I hear you think I might have something to do with it, but I don't.
You know nothing of the sub or the journalist?
No, only what the media...
Yes... like I said, we talked to them for two minutes, tops.
And that's all.
Yeah, okay.
Relax, I don't think anything. And it was good of you to come
so that we could clear this up. I'll see you out.
- So I can leave? - Yes. We just need the photo.
Yes, of course.
NATURAL DEATH - ACCIDENT SUICIDE - HOMICIDE
Hi, this is Cecilie. I can't pick up, but leave a message. Bye.
There you are.
Yes.
How's it going?
Getting anywhere?
Yes. Or...
Every time we think we're onto something, it turns out we're not.
- How are you doing? - Me? I'm fine.
Have you talked to Cecilie?
What if she's angry with me?
She is.
She told you she was pregnant, and you just got up and left.
DAY 11 21 AUGUST 2017
We have to define our search more precisely.
Who says the current didn't take the body to Poland?
Nobody does.
Cover one eye.
Imagine looking through a kitchen roll with the other eye
to find a pin on a soccer field.
That's what I'm asking my men to do.
Every day, Jens.
From sunrise to sunset. At 12 m depth.
I heard back from Forensics.
There was no DNA on the panties or the pantyhose.
What about the divers and pilots? Nothing?
No.
Some Swedes thought they'd found her clothes, but it was just a life vest.
Jens speaking.
No, I have no comment.
But I promise you'll be the first to know when I do.
Thank you.
We have absolutely nothing.
And there...
And there? Or...?
- Not initially. - No, no. But do you want that, too?
Nikolaj Storm.
- And again there. - When?
Yes?
Yes.
We'll be right there.
- Jens. - Hey, Jens. It's Nikolaj.
- On your way home? - Yes.
- You'd better turn your car around. - Why.
The torso of a woman has washed ashore on Amager.
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