# The Disappearing Journalist and the Submarine **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883 "2017-08-17T17:56:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/41 "2017-08-21T23:54:40Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > … yummy delicious food for all the creatures of the sea. Hey! :mad: Just what has been implied, here? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/42 "2017-08-22T00:07:31Z")
Ookay. Looks like I was wrong. The guy’s a full-fledged lunatic. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/43 "2017-08-22T02:02:27Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > :smack: Wrong movie. But once I thought of Ursula who I first encountered emerging from that water at an impressionable age (me not her), the rest of my post was on autopilot. Mmmm Ursula. > Who wiki says has aged like most other Hollywood sex kittens: badly with ever worse plastic surgery. Yecch! Scary!! [Ursula coming out of the water…](https://www.google.com/search?q=ursula+the+sea+witch+giant+gif&safe=off&tbm=isch&imgil=CYkbwvmkKQzD4M%253A%253BjjXHEw0LwOOFzM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fanimatedmeta.wordpress.com%25252Ftag%25252Fthe-little-mermaid%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=CYkbwvmkKQzD4M%253A%252CjjXHEw0LwOOFzM%252C_&usg=__n7RIbjGWyvmyrLRjFV3HEgAB2KA%3D&biw=1600&bih=767&ved=0ahUKEwiP0drz3enVAhVD82MKHXxkDgsQyjcIQQ&ei=t46bWc-ZO8PmjwP8yLlY#imgrc=NWA5CRBnSidXKM:) ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/44 "2017-08-22T02:26:59Z")
> [@Ignotus](#): > > Danish police has confirmed a female body has been found in the sea – _sans_ head and limbs…:eek: > > [Body found as Danish submarine man says missing journalist Kim Wall died on board](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/21/body-found-danish-submarine-man-says-missing-journalist-kim/) Wait…From the article : > [@](#): > > the body - missing its head, legs and arms - that was **found by a passing cyclist**. > [@](#): > > **divers continued to search the area** where it was found, (bolding/graping mine) Huh? Something doesn’t add up. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/45 "2017-08-22T02:40:13Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > huh? Something doesn’t add up. 1/6 + 5/6 = 1 ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/46 "2017-08-22T02:41:42Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Huh? Something doesn’t add up. Just realized that the body was presumably washed ashore, hence could be found by a cyclist _and_ the area being searched by divers. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/47 "2017-08-22T03:17:43Z")
> [@Ignotus](#): > > Danish police has confirmed a female body has been found in the sea – _sans_ head and limbs…:eek: > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I’ve been seeing bits and pieces of this story float to the top of the Pieces of the story, or pieces of…her? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/48 "2017-08-22T08:13:29Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Just realized that the body was presumably washed ashore, hence could be found by a cyclist _and_ the area being searched by divers. It is hard to kept ahead of the story. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/49 "2017-08-22T10:54:05Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > Well, it was a bad accident. Like she accidently wandered into the submarine’s laser shark tank? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/50 "2017-08-22T12:11:59Z")
Update: a headless body has been found on land that is being tested to see if it’s the journalist: [http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/22/europe/kim-wall-denmark/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/22/europe/kim-wall-denmark/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/51 "2017-08-22T15:23:31Z")
> [@clairobscur](#): > > Wait…From the article : > > (bolding/graping mine) > > Huh? Something doesn’t add up. I caught that, too, and just said to myself, “Forget it. They’re on a roll.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mikkel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikkel/32/13151_2.png) [@Mikkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikkel)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/52 "2017-08-22T18:24:03Z")
The Danish police says that “there are no signs that the body isn’t Kim Wall”. They’ll have dna from the body tomorrow and will then compare it to Kim Walls dna. [Link to news (in Danish).](http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/koebenhavns-politi-intet-taler-imod-kvindetorso-kan-vaere-kim-wall) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/53 "2017-08-22T20:24:13Z")
Some background on Kim Wall as a person: [https://kim-wall.com/](https://kim-wall.com/) (click on the pictures to read her articles) [Murder of Kim Wall - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Wall_(journalist)) [My friend Kim Wall's disappearance in Denmark shows: female journalists face danger everywhere | Sruthi Gottipati | The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/20/kim-wall-reminder-female-journalists-danger) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/54 "2017-08-23T00:48:41Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > To be fair, it’s possible that it could be missing some bits because a human body is, at the end of the day, yummy delicious food for all the creatures of the sea. “Purina crab chow” is an (informal) term of art in accident investigation for a reason. You don’t normally recover “bodies” from the bottom. You may recover “chunks”. Or not. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/55 "2017-08-23T01:30:10Z")
“The current situation is that there is a torso in which arms, legs and head have been removed off as a result of deliberate cutting,” said Jens Moller Jensen of the Copenhagen police. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/56 "2017-08-23T04:03:09Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > [Ursula coming out of the water…](https://www.google.com/search?q=ursula+the+sea+witch+giant+gif&safe=off&tbm=isch&imgil=CYkbwvmkKQzD4M%253A%253BjjXHEw0LwOOFzM%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fanimatedmeta.wordpress.com%25252Ftag%25252Fthe-little-mermaid%25252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=CYkbwvmkKQzD4M%253A%252CjjXHEw0LwOOFzM%252C_&usg=__n7RIbjGWyvmyrLRjFV3HEgAB2KA%3D&biw=1600&bih=767&ved=0ahUKEwiP0drz3enVAhVD82MKHXxkDgsQyjcIQQ&ei=t46bWc-ZO8PmjwP8yLlY#imgrc=NWA5CRBnSidXKM:) Damn you!!! :mad: I _knew_ what that was going to be but I clicked the link anyway!!! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Grim\_Render](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@Grim\_Render](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grim_Render)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/57 "2017-08-23T07:38:29Z")
The police has confirmed that the torso is that of the missing journalist. Which always seemed most probable, but not certain. Also, it was found with pieces of metal attached to it. Remains of blood was found in the submarine, and if I am reading it right it was the blood of the missing journalist. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/58 "2017-08-23T13:15:27Z")
Police are looking again at [other cases](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/23/danish-police-confirm-torso-found-copenhagen-journalist-kim-wall). > [@](#): > > On Wednesday, local media reported that Danish police said they would look into whether unresolved past cases could be connected with Wall’s case. In 1987, the torso of a Japanese tourist was found in the waters of Copenhagen harbour. Some people are accident prone. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/59 "2017-08-23T13:58:52Z")
RIP, Kim Wall. ☹ [Tribute article](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41022925). ---
**Author:** ![spjork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@spjork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spjork)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883/60 "2017-08-23T14:16:35Z")
Ugh, so sad for Kim Walls and her family. Madsen certainly lives up to his name. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-disappearing-journalist-and-the-submarine/793883.md?page=4)