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155: The Killing of Birna Brjánsdóttir | Iceland

Evidence Locker True Crime

Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 29 August 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

On Friday the 13th of January 2017, 20-year-old Birna Brjánsdóttir went out to a nightclub in downtown Reykjavik. She left in the early morning hours of Saturday but never made it home. 8 days later, her body washed up on a beach. CCTV footage showed Birna’s last moments, as she disappeared in the car of an unknown person.
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0:00.0

You are listening to The Evidence Locker.

0:09.2

Our cases have been researched using open source and archive materials.

0:12.8

It deals with true crimes in real people.

0:15.3

Some parts are graphic in nature, and listener discretion is advised.

0:19.5

Each episode is produced with the utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved

0:23.9

ones.

0:26.7

It was after 11 p.m. on a cold and snowy, January night in hot, not-fjordier, South

0:32.0

of Reykjavik.

0:33.6

Two brothers were outside searching intently, and they weren't the only ones.

0:37.9

It had been three days since 20-year-old Birna-Bryan's daughter went missing after a night out

0:43.0

in the city center.

0:45.0

She left the night club at closing time, but never made it home.

0:49.4

Police worked closely with the community to find any information about her whereabouts.

0:53.7

Everyone was looking for Birna.

0:56.2

Thanks to cell phone tower pings, police were able to narrow Dan Birna's last location,

1:00.6

about a 30-minute drive south from where she was last seen on CCTV footage.

1:05.3

On Tuesday night, the 17th of January, the two brothers from hot, not-fjordier, who were

1:10.3

out searching for clues, did not know Birna, but they knew the industrial area around the

1:15.2

harbor and felt compelled to do something to keep looking.

1:19.4

It didn't matter how late or how cold it was, people needed answers.

1:24.5

Then they saw something at the edge of a pier, two black boots, neatly placed next to

1:29.1

each other.

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