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The Murder That Shook Iceland to its Core - January 22 2025

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

January 22nd: Birna Brjansdottir's Body Found (2017) When evidence is stacked against a suspect, it can be painful to watch them try and assert their innocence. On January 22nd 2017 a young woman’s body was found in a crime that completely rocked the country of Iceland. One where the evidence was abundant but the suspect continued to claim his innocence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Birna_Brj%C3%A1nsd%C3%B3ttir, https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/birna-brjansdottir, https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/12/the-murder-that-shook-iceland, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/world/europe/iceland-murder-victim-birna-brjansdottir-autopsy.html, https://icelandmag.is/article/guilty-verdict-thomas-moller-brutal-murder-birna-brjansdottir-confirmed, https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/03/europe/birna-brjansdottir-iceland-murder/index.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:02.6

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:06.0

We have a weird homicide.

0:08.8

A scene described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird...

0:12.0

When a cup of murder...

0:15.0

When evidence is stacked against a suspect, it can be painful to watch them try and assert their innocence. On January 22nd, 2017,

0:25.1

a young woman's body was found in a crime that completely rocked the country of Iceland.

0:31.1

One where the evidence was abundant, but the suspect continued to claim his innocence.

0:37.6

So if you like your coffee hot, but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning

0:43.2

cup of murder.

0:45.5

Bjornabrashdotter, 20 years old, lived with her father in Reykjavik in the year 2017.

0:52.3

She was described as an outgoing young woman, sensible, and an employee at a department store in the year 2017. She was described as an outgoing young woman, sensible, and an employee at a

0:57.2

department store in the city. She had a ton of friends, and they referred to her as their happy pill.

1:04.0

On January 13th of 2017, Birna went out with a group of friends to a club in the city's center,

1:10.7

and in the early hours of

1:12.2

the 14th, those friends decided to leave the club, but Birna wasn't finished with her night out.

1:18.4

Telling them that she would be fine, and they could go off without her, she stayed for three

1:23.0

more hours until the club closed at 5 a.m. Despite the frigid temperatures, Birna began her walk home,

1:30.8

and along the way, stopped to buy some food that she could eat on her walk. Though relatively

1:36.2

intoxicated, she felt safe along the main shopping street of the city and was seen on security

1:41.9

tapes staggering along her walk, even dropping some money at some point. However, according to the city, and was seen on security tapes staggering along her walk, even dropping some money

1:45.5

at some point. However, according to the sources, people in Iceland are trusting. It's a safe

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