Nobody has yet been arrested in connection to the disappearance of 20 year old Birna Brjánsdóttir early Saturday morning. A Greenlandic trawler who's crew is believed to be connected to or have vital information about the case, has been returned to habour in Iceland. Search and Rescue Units which have been involved in the search for Birna have halted their search as they wait for new clues.
The latest development in the case which has gripped Icelanders is that while Birna remains missing, more disturbing clues have emerged. Icelandic Police requested assistance from the Danish coast guard to contact the trawler. According to the local newspaper Fréttablaðið the crew of the trawler decided to turn the ship around and sail back to Iceland. According to the local newspaper Morgunblaðið Icelandic police officers were flown by helicopter to the Danish coast guard vessel Triton which will is sailing to intercept the Greenlandic trawler.
The local news site vísir reports that police concentrated its search yesterday on Hvaleyrarvatn lake, south of Hafnarfjörður harbour. The extensive search did not turn up anything.
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Police is now confident that she left downtown Reykjavík in a car around 5:25AM. A red Kia Rio is seen in security footage just seconds later. A telecommunication antenna in Hafnarfjörður picked up a signal from her phone at 5:50 AM, and shortly thereafter the phone is turned off. Birna's phone has not yet been found.
Read more: Search for missing young woman: Police releases footage from surveillance cameras
Yesterday it was revealed that a red Kia Rio which the Metropolitan Police had been searching for in connection to the case had been found in the suburban municipality Kópavogur. The car had been rented to sailors on the Greenlandic trawler Polar Nanuq which was docked in Hafnarfjörður, where the last signal from Birna's mobile phone was detected.
Birna's shoes were found a short distance from where the trawler was docked. Circumstantial evidence points strongly to Brynja having entered the car on Laugavegur in downtown Reykjavík seconds after she disappears from CCTV footage.
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The local newspaper Fréttablaðið reports that surveillance cameras from the Hafnarfjörður harbour area show that the red Kia Rio makes several trips to and from the trawler Polar Nanoq on Saturday morning. The travels of the car are described as suspicious.
Security camera footage from a nearby golf club also shows the car pulling into the parking lot, but speeding off as the driver discovers that a security camera was recording the parking lot.
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The trawler Polar Nanoq is expected to come to harbour in Iceland tonight. The crew members will then most likely be questioned by police. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service that the Police does not yet suspect any of the crew members of criminal acts. When he was asked whether police thought Birna was being held captive in the trawler he said that police did not rule anything out.
According to the local newspaper Fréttablaðið security camera footage from the Hafnarfjörður harbour does not show Birna walking into the ship.
Nobody has yet been arrested in connection to the disappearance of 20 year old Birna Brjánsdóttir early Saturday morning. A Greenlandic trawler who's crew is believed to be connected to or have vital information about the case, has been returned to habour in Iceland. Search and Rescue Units which have been involved in the search for Birna have halted their search as they wait for new clues.
The latest development in the case which has gripped Icelanders is that while Birna remains missing, more disturbing clues have emerged. Icelandic Police requested assistance from the Danish coast guard to contact the trawler. According to the local newspaper Fréttablaðið the crew of the trawler decided to turn the ship around and sail back to Iceland. According to the local newspaper Morgunblaðið Icelandic police officers were flown by helicopter to the Danish coast guard vessel Triton which will is sailing to intercept the Greenlandic trawler.
The local news site vísir reports that police concentrated its search yesterday on Hvaleyrarvatn lake, south of Hafnarfjörður harbour. The extensive search did not turn up anything.
Read more: Young local woman missing since Saturday: Have you seen her?
Police is now confident that she left downtown Reykjavík in a car around 5:25AM. A red Kia Rio is seen in security footage just seconds later. A telecommunication antenna in Hafnarfjörður picked up a signal from her phone at 5:50 AM, and shortly thereafter the phone is turned off. Birna's phone has not yet been found.
Read more: Search for missing young woman: Police releases footage from surveillance cameras
Yesterday it was revealed that a red Kia Rio which the Metropolitan Police had been searching for in connection to the case had been found in the suburban municipality Kópavogur. The car had been rented to sailors on the Greenlandic trawler Polar Nanuq which was docked in Hafnarfjörður, where the last signal from Birna's mobile phone was detected.
Birna's shoes were found a short distance from where the trawler was docked. Circumstantial evidence points strongly to Brynja having entered the car on Laugavegur in downtown Reykjavík seconds after she disappears from CCTV footage.
Read more: Missing woman: Car seen in surveillance tapes likely found, driver seen behaving strangely
The local newspaper Fréttablaðið reports that surveillance cameras from the Hafnarfjörður harbour area show that the red Kia Rio makes several trips to and from the trawler Polar Nanoq on Saturday morning. The travels of the car are described as suspicious.
Security camera footage from a nearby golf club also shows the car pulling into the parking lot, but speeding off as the driver discovers that a security camera was recording the parking lot.
Read more: Police does not rule out that pair of shoes believed to belong to missing woman were planted
The trawler Polar Nanoq is expected to come to harbour in Iceland tonight. The crew members will then most likely be questioned by police. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service that the Police does not yet suspect any of the crew members of criminal acts. When he was asked whether police thought Birna was being held captive in the trawler he said that police did not rule anything out.
According to the local newspaper Fréttablaðið security camera footage from the Hafnarfjörður harbour does not show Birna walking into the ship.
