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-Where do you want me to start? -Just... Just anywhere.

Hi.

Where are you?

I'm on my way.

Tóti and I are at the station with seven boxes of records from the Ministry.

-We have to start going through all this. -I'm on my way. I'm nearby.

Okay, bye.

-Now we just need DNA from the boy. -Did you find the parents?

Yes, we did.

Whose parents?

We need a DNA sample to confirm that these are Tómas' bones.

How does this relate to the case?

Katrín thinks the bones from Hvalfjörður were Tómas'. He disappeared from Valhalla.

Helga, there are no gray cars with a broken taillight by the docks.

Not in Borgarnes either.

We just got CCTV footage from the mall, and Dísa is checking it now.

We're not sure about the exact date...

So we haven't got anything?

Fingerprints? Footprints? DNA? Witnesses?

We got nothing from the Valhalla photographs.

We're just trying to make the pieces fit.

-I'll let you know if something comes up. -Okay. Thanks.

Can you take this?

-Have you finished this? -Yes.

I'm putting Dísa on this as well.

Yeah, sure.

-Hi. -Hi. Can you help us with this?

-Sure, what...? -We need your help with this.

-What are we doing here? -We need to find Guðmundur in these files.

And here you go.

This is just...

-Alcoholism, criminal negligence. -Tea?

-Due to economic factors... -Do you mind? Kata?

You're reading out loud.

Meaning that common tactics of Icelandic treatment facilities

should be safer than...

Wait, wait, wait.

Guðmundur Finnbogason.

He's mentioned in the testimony from one of the boys.

Is that the "Gummi" who took the picture?

It could be. Here! Guðmundur Finnbogason mentioned again,

by another boy.

This is our guy.

No, it's too late. I've made up my mind.

-I can't do this any longer. -Gummi?

-I've got to go. -Is everything all right?

Yes, of course. Why?

-You left without saying goodbye. -I just have to run a quick errand.

It can't take that long to find Guðmundur's address.

There's a few of them listed. One was born in '45,

one in '87, one in '52.

-2004, '63, '97... -Sixty-three.

Address?

It's Asparhvarf 15.

Asparhvarf 15?

Yes, in Kópavogur. And he's a surgeon at the clinic.

Dísa and Tóti, you go to the clinic. We'll go to his house.

Helga, have we tried his cellphone?

Yes, he's not answering. What's your ETA?

We're almost there. Try calling his house.

Will do.

Hello.

Yes, I'm on my way. I can get there by myself.

I told you, I'm not sending you anything.

I'm getting it all together now. I'll bring it with me.

I just want to tell the truth and come clean with everything.

Listen, I don't have time to talk to you now.

You?

Guðmundur?

Guðmundur?

This is the police.

Guðmundur? This is the police.

Go get the crowbar from the trunk of the car.

Do you hear me, Guðmundur?

This is the police.

We're coming in.

Come on. Yes, get in.

Get in.

He's still alive! Call an ambulance! Guðmundur.

-I need an ambulance. -We're getting help.

A stabbing.

-Suspect is possibly still at the scene. -We're getting help.

Guðmundur!

It's okay. Help is on its way.

Help is on its way.

Goddamn it!

Get in here, all of you.

Why the hell are we always trailing one step behind this son of a bitch?

The National Police Commissioner and the entire nation

is breathing down my neck,

and now the Minister of Justice is asking

what the police department might be lacking.

What we might be lacking? What can I possibly tell him?

What do you need? Go ahead, name it. What the hell do you need?

Everyone is doing their best.

-Is that right? -Yes.

You could have fooled me.

NATIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE

He was just stepping out when he hung up on me.

He was on his way here.

And what? Didn't he say anything else?

No, just that he had some photographs,

which showed the truth about Valhalla.

Have they found those photos or...?

They're still examining the crime scene.

But we're good to go with the Valhalla boys?

Yes, I spoke to two of them yesterday.

-We'll tape the interview tomorrow. -Okay.

But what about Pétur Alfreðsson?

I just can't reach him.

Okay, I'll speak to him.

It's crucial that he's there, as he supervised the report.

We have to take care with this, Selma. Extra special care.

The nation is devastated.

Half the population is too scared to go outside.

Everyone will be glued to the screen. You realize that?

Okay.

Hi.

Hi.

So, they just said on the news that another murder has been committed.

That's horrible.

Listen.

I cooked some lasagna for Kári. You can heat it up if you like.

Thanks, but I'm not hungry.

I spoke to him this morning.

What did he say?

Did something happen or...?

Nothing of your concern.

He just seems so down these days.

You can talk to me, Kata.

Something is clearly bothering him.

He's such a sensitive boy.

Mom, he's 16 years old, he just started high school, there's a lot...

Katrín.

Children his age need support and love.

It's so easy to tell others how to raise their children.

What do you mean?

Maybe you should just focus on being a good grandmother

and stay out of my business.

You know that we're not allowed to have contact with him.

Are you coming?

Still, he has the right to know that our father has passed away.

Of course.

This just isn't the right time for it.

Leave that to us.

Good morning, Sleeping Beauty.

Yes, okay. Okay, thank you very much. Yes, goodbye.

Yes, okay. Yes, thank you. Goodbye.

No, that's not you?

Okay, then. Yes, thank you. Goodbye.

BENEDIKT GESTSSON - ENGINEER

BUS DRIVER - VÍÐAR JÓNSSON

Before we get started, I want to thank you both for coming to this interview.

I know this is difficult for you, and we'll take all the time we need.

And if there's anything you do not wish to discuss, we'll simply skip it. Okay?

When you're ready,

please describe, in as much detail as possible,

what it was like to stay at Valhalla.

I'm not sure how to describe it

to those who have never experienced anything like it.

But when you're exposed to beatings and violence at such an early age,

everything somehow turns crazy in your head.

Everything you think you know about life and the world...

is somehow turned upside down.

What's it been like to relive these events,

in light of the recent murders, which seem to be connected to Valhalla?

I try not to think about it too much...

and to not let it affect me...

but if I'm to be completely honest then...

I couldn't possibly mourn those people...

after what they did to us.

How about you, Benedikt? Do you feel the same way?

Yes.

Can you tell us anything about the other boys?

Have you been in contact through the years?

No, there hasn't been much contact, as some of them are dead.

And others have been in and out of prison their entire lives.

You have to keep in mind that most of us come from broken homes...

and then we're sent to that hellhole.

I couldn't even tell my wife about some of the things that happened there.

According to the state's report, Valhalla was a model institution.

But your account paints a completely different picture.

Could you explain that somehow?

That inquiry was just second-rate.

Nobody would listen to us.

We told them about everything, but none of it wound up in that goddamn report.

The beatings weren't actually the worst part, though.

The Valhalla staff didn't simply abuse us mentally and physically.

They allowed some man...

to come over there a few times each month...

late at night...

and he raped us.

I'm sorry.

I can't do this. I have to go.

Hlynur...

Ægisson. Abroad.

But what about these two?

I'm just not sure yet.

No, this is taking way too much time.

There has to be a list of every boy who stayed at Valhalla.

No list in the files we received from the Ministry.

-No. -No.

Then we have to check the files again because we must be missing something.

Seriously.

And he raped us.

I'm sorry.

I can't do this. I'm sorry.

This is devastating.

-Did you get in touch with Pétur? -He's coming for an interview tonight.

Okay. Excellent work.

Selma.

Yes, put him through.

Selma.

What?

I'm sorry, who is this?

We'll call the police first and notify them.

Public safety always comes first.

-Helgi, you know... -End of discussion.

At least let me speak to the guy.

-It could give us... -Selma!

Focus on your segment and call the police.

Or do you want me to do it for you?

Hey, Selma just called us.

And what?

You're going to Hólmsheiði Prison to question our friend, Andrés Hauksson.

What does Andrés want this time?

-He says he knows who the killer is. -Bullshit.

He wants to be transferred to the halfway house because of his daughter.

-No, it's different this time. -Why?

This is Andrés.

-Was he one of the Valhalla boys? -So it seems.

CRIMINAL RECORD

I think it's best that I do the talking.

No problem.

-Hi, I'm Arnar. -Hi.

-We're good. -Nice to see you again.

I could sure use some coffee.

Coffee?

No, thanks.

We've been told that you called the media with information about Valhalla.

What can you tell us about that?

Milk or sugar?

Andrés, just tell us what you know.

What I know?

I know that you guys are way off.

You want it to look like you're in control,

but you're just as fucked up as the rest of us.

At least we inmates have the guts to admit we're fucked up.

Yeah, I suppose you're absolutely right. We're just as fucked up as everyone else.

How are you doing in here?

I get by.

Yeah.

I hear you.

One day at a time.

And your daughter?

How is she?

It says here that you've got a daughter, aged 13.

Does she come here? Does she visit you sometimes?

What fucking bullshit is this? I didn't come here to discuss this.

Don't you say another word about my daughter.

Okay, just as I expected. This is a waste of our time.

Steini.

-Steini who? -Halfway house or I won't say a word.

-You're in no position to make demands. -Kata, I need to get to the halfway house.

My daughter is getting into trouble. I can't help her here.

If your information is good enough,

I promise to do everything in my power to get you transferred.

Steinþór Jónsson, complete psychopath.

Steinþór Jónsson is incarcerated.

He got out just over a month ago.

Why do you think he is the killer?

It was all he talked about after he found God.

"Jesus' warrior. Eye for an eye. Tooth for a tooth. Life for a life."

Did he say he was going to kill them?

He strongly suggested it.

And I believed him.

Men who have killed once are very likely to kill again.

Steini has never done time for murder.

No, he has never done time for murder.

What's it like to be so stupid?

Who did he kill?

Tommi.

How did he kill Tómas?

I don't know.

He just killed him.

We all knew about it.

Steini used to beat us younger boys. Only Tommi stood up to him.

But when Tommi disappeared, Steini changed.

In what way?

He just stopped beating us.

Got all introverted and weird.

Tommi never would've run away that night.

Why not?

Because it was pitch dark with a blinding snow storm outside.

Tommi wasn't stupid.

Now, you better get me that transfer.

Hey, hey, hey. What is this crap? What about the halfway house?

I'll do my very best.

Your best? You promised!

If the information was good...

If you can't be trusted, you fucking bitch,

don't think for a second you will survive for long in this world.

-I've got connections out there. -Hey!

Okay, I'm calm, I'm calm, I'm calm.

Oh, thank you.

Did you get anything from Andrés?

He mentioned Steinþór Jónsson. You apparently know him.

Oh, what about Steini?

He's one of the Valhalla boys, according to Andrés. Could be the killer.

-Nonsense. He just wants that transfer. -But we've got to follow up on it.

Yeah, sure.

I'll run a check on Steinþór.

Kata, a Dagný and a Kristján are here to see you.

Tómas' parents.

Yes, of course.

-Want me to handle it? -No, I can do it.

Dagný and Kristján?

-Hi. -Kata.

Kristján.

It never even occurred to me that this could be our Tómas.

-Since he was found in Hvalfjörður. -At present, this is only a theory,

and that is why we need to run the DNA tests.

This is the first tooth he lost.

Kristján was teaching him how to ride a bike.

You see, the bike didn't have any training wheels.

Normally, I would hold on to him...

but this time he demanded that I let go, so I indulged him.

And he fell.

It wasn't serious or anything,

but still, he lost the tooth.

Thank you.

We were always told that he ran away and died of exposure.

Kristján even went up there to search for him.

He was there for months.

We were almost divorced.

But...

Kristján went to rehab and I was left all alone.

We were so focused on ourselves...

that we forgot about our child.

He started hanging with much older kids, drinking and smoking.

And he was constantly getting into trouble.

Finally...

the Child Protection Agency removed him from us.

Do you know if he had an altercation with anyone at Valhalla?

An altercation with anyone?

He never mentioned anything about it to us, at least.

Then again,

we weren't allowed to see or visit him that much.

I'm afraid I have to ask you...

to take a look at something.

Do these clothes look familiar to you?

Are these...

the clothes that were found in Hvalfjörður?

Yes.

I will contact you as soon as we have the results.

Thirty years.

It took you 30 years.

I have to get out of here for a while.

Yes, I'll join you.

-My son. -Yeah.

High school kid.

Well then, what's it like being back on the icy island?

It's pretty much what I expected.

Wasn't your dad sick or something?

Yes.

Have you managed to visit him?

Yeah.

Is he seriously ill, or...?

Yes.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I hope you manage to see him again before you go back to Oslo.

That might be difficult.

He passed away last night.

I'm so sorry for your loss.

Thanks.

That's the way it goes.

-Excuse me, do you mind if I listen? -Go ahead.

It was kind of like

living in a nightmare.

I thought for years that I had...

simply made most of it up.

They put some drugs into our soda...

and then we were raped. It was...

We were taken down to a basement...

into a dark room where you couldn't really see anything.

But I remember the sounds.

The dripping water.

It was like a shower or leaky faucet.

Then the breathing.

And the moaning.

Then he left me...

a present...

with his knife.

These startling accounts confirm that the official Ministry report

does not tell the whole story of Valhalla. Would you agree?

Yes, well, we couldn't cite

unconfirmed stories and possible falsehood

in an official, state-sanctioned report.

Are you implying that these men who have now come forward are lying?

No, no, not at all.

But the staff always denied these accusations.

Why were the staff given the benefit of the doubt over these men?

Simply because we were unable to find any evidence to support their allegations.

-So there was an investigation? -Of course.

But you have to agree that this does not look good for the Ministry.

Look, if you're asking whether I would have done things differently, if given

another chance, then the answer is yes.

-Do you take full responsibility for this? -I do.

This society is out of its mind.

Arnar.

I've got to take care of something.

Okay.

Hi, my name is Katrín. I'm with the criminal investigations department.

-Hi. -Hi.

I just wanted to ask Telma a few questions.

I thought she already answered all your questions.

We just need to clarify a few details.

Oh, come on in then.

Thank you.

I hadn't planned on going to the party.

But my friend called me and said that a boy she liked would be there.

So I decided to go with her.

How many people were there?

Twenty, maybe more. I didn't know everybody there.

What happened?

When people started snorting stuff, I wanted to leave.

But my friend asked me to stick around because of that boy.

And then what?

We just kept on drinking.

I went outside for a smoke and started chatting with some older boys.

When I came back inside,

everybody was leaving, so I started looking for my friend.

But I couldn't find her.

I was pretty drunk by then.

So I laid down on a bed...

and fell asleep.

Everything you remember can be of help to us.

I woke up when...

they were fondling me.

And I froze.

I didn't dare move.

I tried to say something,

but they rolled me over to my stomach and started undressing me.

They took my pants first.

One of the boys said he'd always wanted to take a girl from behind.

And then they took turns.

One was on top of me while the other had his hand over my mouth.

I know this is difficult for you.

But I have a few photos I would like to show you.

You don't have to look at them, not if you don't want to.

No. I can do it.

Do you recognize any of these boys?

Are any of these boys the ones who did this?

These two were there.

How about this one? Was he there?

Do you remember if this one was there?

I...

That's enough.

-Stop it! -Was this one at the party?

Do you remember this boy?

-We're done. -Take a better look. Do you remember?

-We are done here! -Of course. Sorry.

Thank you. All of this helps.

We'll be in touch.

There was one thing.

The one making the video was wearing a red hoodie.

Subtitle translation by Kristján Steinarsson