is filmmaker Erin Lee Carr’s latest, must-see true-crime documentary. The two-part, HBO series chronicles the events leading up to the 2017 submarine murder of accomplished journalist Kim Wall, whose body was dismembered and left at sea by eccentric entrepreneur Peter Madsen.
One person involved in the investigation of the case to unexpectedly emerge as the series’ most fascinating personality is Royal Denmark Navy Lt.
Commander Ditte Dyreborg. “As soon as I knew about Ditte and started conversations with her, I said, ‘There’s even more here than people might know about the investigation,” Carr tells ET, adding, “You can’t get more of an expert on submarines than somebody like Ditte, who knows everything.
And she ultimately met Peter early in his life.”Making her first appearance in the premiere episode, “Part One: The Crime,” Dyreborg reveals that she was familiar with Madsen’s small fleet of private submarines – and seemingly very unfazed by his celebrity persona. “Immediately, when I heard the submarine was missing, I was like, ‘Oh it had finally happened,’” she recalls, noting that she felt Madsen’s design was dangerous.It wasn’t until she heard that Wall was also on board that she suspected something bad had happened. “In my opinion, there’s something wrong here,” Dyreborg says, recalling how she told the police to arrest him. “I said, ‘No, no, no.
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