Kim Wall death: Danish inventor Madsen admits dismembering journalist
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I really wished he'd stop playing games but it seems to be Madsen's nature to believe that he can outsmart everybody else. They're also digging around in his past based on some snuff movies recovered from his devices.
What an incredible asshole. I really hope they use his playing games against him at sentencing time.
* I dropped her off at the dock
* She died, I buried her at sea
* She died after a hatch fell on her head that I was holding up, but was too heavy; I dumped her body in the sea, but I did not dismember her
* She died from CO poisoning, I dismembered her and I dumped her body in the sea
At this point, he's a single step away in his story from admitting to the murder. After that there's one more step from admitting sexual assault (which the 14 stabs to the pubic area seem to suggest).
Madsens mental status will be tested by professionals before the trial. If it "his nature" then it will be found. Random killing scares people and get a lot of media attention but the legal system is treating this professionally has so far been quite good at answering the question of how the death of kim wall happened. Media will publish answers to the question of why as soon the legal system comes to that point in the investigation and the trial begins.
Given that he almost certainly knows that he's fucked, does he have any real incentive to? I would imagine this is a life-in-prison sort of scenario; there isn't much reason to not dissemble as much as possible here.
You'd be surprised. He could be out in 10 years or so, even if convicted.
Regarding Madsens 'story' it's not clear that this wasn't the defence attorneys ideas all along. We're blaming Madsen based on 3rd party information but most lawyers will go down any avenue they can to try to find a more lenient sentence.
Judges do consider the murderers willingness to admit guilt and be honest during sentencing. But in the early stages of the case like this it's still pretty wide open... and he's going to be facing a murder charge regardless. There's no way he's getting off easier with a chopped up body.
I don't know about his country, but here in Canada a 2nd degree murder charge (where you didn't premeditate the murder) can still get you the equivalent of 1st degree (life), given the circumstances of the crime. And the circumstances are pretty bad here given he sawed her in half.
My impression is that premeditated murders rarely occur in Denmark (outside of gang violence), and this case is garnering an enourmous amount of publicity. The rights for the movie have already been secured.
I'm not sure this was premeditated. He might just have been having these fantasies for a while, and then just decided to do it when he had this lady in his submarine.
From whom? This kind of thing really irks me. I hope no one is paying this ... person for the "rights" to tell his story.
Who said it was premeditated?
If it was premeditated then a private submarine while others know you went on trip with the victim would be the very worst place to commit it.
What he had on his hard drive only shows that he would be the guy to enjoy to behead someone (at least as a fantasy) -- not that he was also so stupid as to plan to do it inside inside a small tube in the ocean where others knew he would be alone with the victim.
otherwise you'd just bring the submarine back to shore and call the authorities.
No. Perhaps you haven't read the guidelines...
On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity.
No. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
This story nevertheless doesn't really qualify as on-topic, but I assume this story is getting picked up here because it's a follow up to the initial story, which people found interesting due to the involvement of a DIY sub, rocketry groups, ...