The Danish inventor Peter Madsen said the Swedish journalist Kim Vallee died in the accident, which occurred while walking on his submarine. This statement he made on Monday, August 21, at the court in Copenhagen, reports The Copenhagen Post.
As writes the edition, Madsen admitted that after Vallee died, he “buried it” in the Bay of køge. Any other details are not given. The body of 30-year-old woman has not been found yet.
Evening of August 10 in the Danish capital of Valle climbed aboard the submarine “Nautilus”. When she didn’t come home that day, her concerned boyfriend contacted authorities. Then began the search for the submarine. She was found the next day sunken city of køge. 46-year-old Madsen was saved. According to him, the night he had technical difficulties that could not be fully eliminated, and by morning, the Nautilus sank due to a failure in the system of immersion and emersion.
Initially, the inventor claims that the journalist landed on the coast three hours after the start of the walk to the sub. Danish police, in turn, indicated the presence of signs that Madsen specially flooded camera.
Now he is under arrest, he was charged with manslaughter. And it was made before the submarine was raised and examined. The woman’s body was not found. The police explained that in the testimony of men were inconsistencies.
“Nautilus” is a 17-metre submarine weighing 40 tons, is one of three built by Madsen. It could be up to eight people. Create a submarine that can dive to a hundred-meter depth, cost about 200 thousand dollars.