REAL-LIFE NORDIC NOIR

Iceland gripped by mystery murder of woman, 20, whose snow-covered shoes were found 22 miles from her body on a snowless day

The body of Birna Brjansdottir, 20, was found a week after she was last seen staggering down a Reykjavik street at 5am

ICELAND has been gripped by a tragic murder mystery involving a beautiful young woman who vanished after a night out.

Birna Brjansdottir, 20, was found dead after a week of searching on a beach 22 miles away from where she was last seen.

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Birna Brjansdottir, 20, vanished after a night of drinking in ReykjavikCredit: Reykjavik Metropolitan Police

The mystery has captivated the remote island country which has a population of 336,000 and the third lowest murder rate in the world.

Indeed, the case has been likened to a Nordic crime thriller as questions still remain about what happened to the fun-loving shop assistant whose snow covered Doc Martens were found despite there being no recent snowfall.

CCTV footage showed Birna staggering down a street in capital city Reykjavik at 5am after a bar crawl on January 14.

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A few days after her distraught mother reported her missing, police found her boots at docks outside the city centre over 20 miles from where her body was eventually discovered.

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, he said: “Most murder cases in Iceland are not mysteries — the victims and their killers usually know each other, the murderer rarely seeks to cover up the crime, and cases are usually solved quickly.

“Foreign involvement is almost unheard-of. The reaction would be different if the suspects would’ve been two Icelandic boys.”


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