COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Danish submarine inventor Peter Madsen, suspected in the death of a Swedish journalist whose torso, decapitated head, legs and clothes were found in the sea off Copenhagen, won’t talk with investigators anymore, police said Wednesday.
Investigator Jens Moeller Jensen told The Associated Press that Madsen “doesn’t want to talk now.”
Moeller Jensen said that Madsen, who is in pre-trial detention, isn’t obliged to talk, adding that his lawyer, Betina Hald Engmark, had informed them about it. She wasn’t immediately available to comment.
Kim Wall’s headless torso with 15 stab wounds was found on Aug. 21. Before the other body parts were found last week, Madsen was willing to talk to investigators. Her arms are still missing.
Wall was working on a story about Madsen, and was last seen alive on Aug. 10 aboard his 40-ton, nearly 18-meter (60-foot) long submarine as it left Copenhagen. The following day, Madsen was rescued from the sinking submarine without Wall and was arrested the same day. Police believe he deliberately scuttled the vessel.