The Reykjavik Confessions

Why six people admitted to having roles in two murders they didn’t commit:

During the following days, there were long interviews, without a lawyer being present. Her interrogators were generally pleasant and helpful, saying they wanted to unlock her memories. She was “just desperate to get out of there and get back to my baby,” she says.

After one interview, which went on for more than 10 hours, the police prepared a statement which Erla signed, saying she had seen Saevar and three of his friends with a body wrapped in a bed sheet: the body of Gudmundur Einarsson.

Erla was convinced, wrongly it turned out, that the statement would be dismissed as nonsense.

Author: Simon Cox
Source: BBC
Published: May 15, 2014
Length: 27 minutes (6,884 words)