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- Katrine. - I didn't know you liked sports.

Sure. As long as I don't have to do it. But I could still kick your ass.

Right. Of course.

We've dug up a body in the wood.

I want you to be in charge of the case. Are you ready for it?

- Yes. - Really? In that outfit?

I'm ready.

If you do a good job, it won't be your last.

Take Sondergard with you. But you're in charge.

Don't mess it up. It isn't a big case. It's pure routine.

Take a look around and do it by the book.

Talk to Mia. She's out there securing leads.

I'll go take a look at that camp.

Mia, what have you got for me?

One body. Dead for four to six years. I've sent in DNA samples.

Look at the crossed arms.

- I think we should wait a while. - I'll check if there's anyone around.

What are you doing here?

This is the police!

- Don't shoot! - Drop your weapon!

- Are you okay? Answer me! - Yes.

Get up.

It's 3:40 p.m., and you're under arrest.

He's only been out ofjail for a week. He's not involved in the murder.

- He pointed a gun at Sondergard. - He's just a pusher who got lost.

We'll see what the DA has to say. what's wrong with you?

Why haven't you handed in your gun?

I fired two shots. One hit the trailer, one hit him making him drop the gun.

- You don't know that. - Oh, but I do.

There's something odd about the clearing where the woman was buried.

The coroner's report. The woman is one Adriana Zaleski.

- Katrine is off the case. - What?

You're my youngest captain ever, and I think you're great.

Hey! I mean that.

You have potential, but for now you're on desk duty pending investigation.

- For fuck's sake, Bisgaard ... - Take a breath.

Forensics.

You've got time to make me a cup of coffee then.

Molbeck, make me a cup of coffee, will you?

Sure.

I'll be done in 2 seconds.

- I thought you were off the case. - Mmm.

- If Bisgaard finds out, I'm toast. - I'm just wrapping up my part in it.

I won't tell anyone you let me see the report.

THOSE WHO KILL

Hands off.

Are those the soil samples? Mia?

- You saw him pointing the gun at ... - I didn't see shit, Katrine.

You're off the case.

The DNA sample points to an Adriana Zaleski, a Polish prostitute. Please.

Anders, go get the last samples.

She's been buried for five to six years.

Traces of lead and cadmium under her false nails. Maybe from the soil.

That's what I'm checking out.

And?

What kind of weirdo kills a woman and buries her like this?

- what does the brass think of it? - Ask them.

- No, you tell me. - You're off the case, Katrine.

Just do as Bisgaard says.

The brass doesn't know what to make of it.

EXPERT SPEAKS OUT ON THE POSITIONING OF THE VICTIM

I've always been a loner, even though I had a secure childhood -

- with two parents and a brother I got to name.

All through school I was the weirdo, the class clown.

No one knew I had already begun drinking.

After school my parents got divorced.

Nearing thirty, I live by myself and work at a chocolate factory.

You'd find my apartment drab, devoid of any personal touch.

If you went to the fridge to get some milk for your coffee -

- you'd find this. What is it?

Body parts. Is that a brain?

- Yes. So what does that make me? - A murderer.

- what do I do to my victims? - Cut them up and hide them.

Yes, but that's not all.

Is it normal to keep body parts in a fridge? Yes, it is.

To me it is. That's what you have to understand about dissocials.

They live according to their own logic.

Why do I keep body parts in my fridge?

What do you keep in your fridge?

- Cheese and butter. - Exactly. And what is that?

- Food? - Food. This is food.

It's that simple.

In order to find these people, we must look at the external leads, the how.

And then the reason, the why. What is their project, their aim?

Dahmer ate his victims to become one with them. He craved intimacy.

They don't stick out. They look like you and me.

In the words of Ted Bundy:

"we serial killers are your fathers, your sons -

- we're everywhere, and more of your children are going to die tomorrow."

- Thomas Schaeffer? I'm Katrine Ries. - You were late.

- But you're not a student. - I'm investigating a murder.

We found her two days ago.

I no longer work for the police.

- She was buried in a clearing. - Poulsen still heads the department?

- No, Bisgaard replaced him. - Thomas, here.

That's mine, and this is yours.

She was buried exactly 5.5 feet under, five to six years ago.

- The position of her arms is odd. - Yes, well ...

You'd better find someone else.

POLICE

- Adriana's things? - Her whore friend kept it for her.

She thought Adriana would come back.

Hey, Katrine, hands off. It's not your case.

Count yourself lucky. It's unsolvable. Gone for years, we've got no clues -

- and no one ever reported her missing. Good night.

Katrine? weren't you afraid of monsters when you were little?

Yes, I was very afraid.

- But I had a trick that fooled them. - what was it?

You lie very still and close your eyes.

That's right.

And think about not being here at all.

Then you can fly off to a place you love.

It's what you have inside that's flying, and the monsters can't hurt you.

- Hey. - Hi.

How did it go? Was he nice, funny, hot?

Nah. He was too ... everything.

Well, well you seem to have had fun.

There's dough everywhere, but you missed this. Get it right next time.

- we'll have to do this again. - I'd love to. She's adorable.

She woke up from a nightmare but quickly went back to sleep.

Perhaps I should stop telling her details of my work.

Adriana Zaleski had two boys in Poland.

- Katrine, don't you ever relax? - who's gonna comfort them now?

PHOTO FILE

Dad?

- What are you doing up? - I want you to tuck me in.

- what are you doing? - Just tidying up.

- You're not very good at it. - No ... Isn't Mom awake?

WHY DID YOU LIE?

THIS ISN'T YOUR CASE

Do you know my story? Bisgaard would never call me in.

So you've looked at it? Why is she lying like that?

That's how the murderer placed her. It's part of his work of art.

The location is odd.

We found traces of root killer in the grave and all over the clearing.

Exactly. So where are the others?

What others?

The other bodies. I think there are more.

What makes you think that?

This guy takes pleasure in it. Six years is a long time without pleasure.

He's meticulous and takes his time. That's his art.

My credit card. Here.

No! This is on me.

Haven't I seen you at the gym?

I don't think so.

- No! Stop, stop! - Come on ...

MISSING PERSONS IN ALL PRECINCTS

Police! Schaeffer, damn it! what are you doing here?

If you ask my wife, I'm at the drugstore.

God damn it!

Come with me.

Now.

Oh my God.

Let me see.

Cordon off from the parking lot and the entire area I went over last night.

- Katrine. - Didn't I put you on desk duty?

- We found four more bodies. - I know, but you and I had a deal.

- I'm on my way. - The DA let you off the hook.

- what? - You want the Adriana case back?

Consider it done. But it's a very different story now with four bodies.

If there's a connection between them we need to close this case ASAP.

No more victims. And Katrine ... Don't ever go behind my back again.

Thanks, Bisgaard. What have we got?

Max five weeks. She's well-preserved. Probably due to the cold ground.

Okay.

- Cause of death? - I can't say yet.

Her nails are almost worn down.

She clawed her fingers to shreds.

Her hair was cut. And not by a hairdresser.

- Signe. - what?

I think it's Signe Bertelsen. 26, from Nyrup.

Look.

Yes, that's her. It's the same earring.

Quiet! You must be quiet.

I can't say why he cuts their hair.

Maybe he keeps the hair as a trophy. A reminder of the kill.

- Their hair turns him on? - Others revel in their holiday pics.

- What else? - They were all placed like Adriana.

All the graves contained root killer and were dug almost the same depth.

He's very meticulous.

How did they die?

Their thyroid cartilages are intact, so they weren't strangled like Adriana.

This guy doesn't change his MO. what's this?

She was trapped and struggled to get out.

- So she might have suffocated. - She might.

So he's refined his MO to an advanced form of strangulation.

Most likely to prolong the moment of death and his own pleasure.

You may find him by comparing the victims. Not through any error of his.

I must find the common denominator. Why does he choose them?

If he selects them just as meticulously -

- that may lead you to him.

I really want you on board.

Bisgaard has given me the go-ahead.

I can't find room for this crate.

- Oh, hi. - Hi.

- Benedicte, Thomas' wife. - I'll be off.

- Bye. - who's she?

- She's from the police. - Okay.

Benedicte, they just want my help with this one case.

Just this one case. It won't be like last time.

Need anything?

- Men to comb the wood for bodies. - You've got it.

And we need to set up an HQ. Can we use the large conference room?

- Sure. - And I need a forensic psychiatrist.

Good idea. Have you talked to the forensic psychiatry department?

- I want Thomas Schaeffer. - No way.

- He led us to the other four victims. - Katrine, no.

- I'm getting him anyway. - Come back here!

Stop questioning my authority.

You don't know Thomas Schaeffer, he ...

You need to really think it over. He's sloppy.

He commits misjudgments. You won't find out until it's too late.

Okay.

We've identified three out of five.

No 1: Adriana Zaleski, prostitute, dead six years ago.

No 2: Tanya Meisler, bartender, dead two years ago.

Nos 3 and 4 are still unidentified.

Finally, Signe Bertelsen, unemployed dancer, dead five weeks ago.

- was she sexually molested? - No.

What connects these women?

They lived alone, they were single, in their twenties, all blond.

The bartender and the prostitute are high-risk victims, easy targets.

- But is that his selection criterion? - He targets women who live alone.

We need to find out how they lived and talk to their families.

I think she's the key.

So you say that nothing was taken from the apartment.

- Signe didn't have a boyfriend? - No.

Signe's always been somewhat of a loner.

Your last contact was five weeks ago. what did you talk about?

- I don't remember. - Did she sound happy?

- I gather she was unemployed. - Nothing wrong with that, is there?

Of course not.

She had a nice place. was she thrifty?

She was a good girl. And yes, she was provident.

Did something happen between you two?

Did it?

- what are you keeping from us? - My daughter's dead!

I understand how painful this is, but I need your help -

- if I'm to find out who did this to Signe.

Six months ago she told me she'd found work.

As a stripper.

She tried to sound as though she were proud of it.

I don't want that kind of daughter. I hadn't talked to her for six months ...

And then five weeks ago I got a call from her ... co-worker.

She said she hadn't been to work for two weeks.

For two weeks?

Thank you. We'll take you home.

No, thank you. I'll manage.

She was gone two weeks longer than we thought. Where was she?

Thank you ...

Are you lying like I asked you to?

Yes.

Water ...

No, no, no ...

Help!

The perp was in Signe's apartment, but he cleaned up after himself.

She struggled with him. The book case was knocked over -

- as these marks in the floor show. Things have been moved around.

She cut herself. Probably when the shelf was knocked over.

It bled a lot though. She held on here.

Preliminary studies of Tanya Meisler's apartment indicate the same pattern.

She wasn't killed in the apartment. He took her with him.

I want Thomas to see this. Thanks, Mia.

They found blood in Tanya Meisler's flat, but the place had been cleaned.

Yes, he's meticulous and in control.

- A mysophobic murderer? - Exactly.

The cutting of the hair is a control issue too, and not a trophy.

When we find his lockup, I bet we'll find little scissors and other toys.

He breaks them down to show them who's in control.

That's why he attacks them in their safe haven. Their own home.

The ultimate show of power.

But Signe's apartment showed no signs of forced entry.

There are many ways to get in.

- why did she let him in? - She trusted him.

Haven't you ever trusted someone -

- whose appearance turned out to be deceptive?

Yes.

Imagine her panic when she realizes her mistake.

That panic gives him a major kick. Do you understand?

Hello? Are you there?

- Hang on. I'll be right out. - Now, okay?

- I've got to go. Talk to you later. - Bye.

I don't want you here.

- Hello, Bisgaard. - Schaeffer.

Unlike you I take responsibility for my actions and the people I work with.

What makes you say that?

You're a sham. Your work is based on random gut feelings and guesswork.

I know at least ten, myself included, who'd categorize you as crazy.

Dysfunctional.

I'm wary of placing my officers in your hands.

I find your acceptance of getting help from the outside uplifting.

If you screw this up for Katrine, I'm going to screw you over.

You won't be able to crawl back into your little academic hole this time.

- So, what's the plan? - To find out where he keeps them.

It worries the brass that you've got five victims and no perpetrator.

We've found the scene of the crime by tomorrow.

- Well, we can't quite promise that. - we've found the scene by tomorrow.

By tomorrow?

- I'll pass that on. Katrine. - Bisgaard.

If you know something I ought to know, tell me.

Okay. I think our perp is Danish, in his late twenties to early forties.

Low-income job, second-hand ordinary clothes.

He's single, a loner, and get this: He commutes.

He brings the victims from their homes to his base. The scene of the crime.

Here he lives out his fantasies with them, and when he's done -

- he buries them in the wood. This is his life's work.

The graves are his trophies, not body parts or items.

When the victims are dead, they're his.

I bet he revisits this place to relive the rush from killing them.

- And the scene? - I'm coming to that.

When he had to move because of the trailer, he didn't move far. Why not?

- He wants to keep them together. - And he doesn't mind people nearby.

- The same thing goes for his base. - He'd take that chance?

He gets a kick out of carrying out his project close to other people.

He's refined his MO.

But his first victim Adriana told us about his hiding place.

How so?

Cadmium and lead under her false nails.

- Presumably from the grave. - Nope.

From the scene of the crime.

Hang on.

Three Danish factories have produced items containing cadmium and lead.

This shows the soil contamination around the factory in this vicinity.

The red areas indicate the worst degree of contamination.

It's a little over a mile from the first grave we found.

This was where the factory used to be. Now what?

Talk to me. What are we looking for?

An ordinary house with several entrances.

With a place for unloading.

He knew the first victim. Adriana was here.

He took her picture from here.

What's that?

Damn ...

Molbeck, the perp fled down the main road in a yellow van.

Oxygen Intake and Heart Rate Field Studies

Katrine.

Come on. Let's open it.

A nail. Poor girl.

Thomas?

No! No, no, no!

Let me out!

Malene?

Let me out! Let me out, damn it!

Thomas?

Let me out!

Thomas is that you? What's going on?

What's going on?

No, no! No!

No! What's going on?

No, no, no, no!

You bastard!

Find the vehicle. It's a yellow van.

So, get out here.

- Did you get him? - No. we're still looking for his van.

What happened here?

How hard can it be to find a yellow van? what the hell are you doing?

Don't ...!

The owner of the barn. Hans Egevang from Virum.

Leased it to a PO box and hasn't been there himself in years.

- I doubt he can lead us to anything. - Yeah, me too.

Fan literature. He's a teenager. But he's worse than I thought.

He says when they eat, drink and even breathe!

He punishes them by putting the lid on and rewards them by taking it off -

- thus slowly suffocating them. I've never seen anything like it.

Don't ever do that to me again! I'm not your fucking guinea pig.

I did it to better understand him, so that we may catch him.

Is that how the little wifey wants it? Have a good shift, Adam!

That must've been horrible. Thank God it wasn't me.

I don't even like getting into an elevator.

Yeah, well ... So, what do we have?

- well? - Yes.

There's usable DNA material here. Anders?

Get this over to the coroner's. If you catch him, we can put him away.

- How many different kinds of hair? - Three, but we need to do more tests.

Are you okay?

Yes, I'm fine.

You were trapped, Katrine. You should talk to someone.

we have in-house psychologists who specialize in this sort of thing.

Let me know when the coroner gets back yo you.

- So, who is our missing victim? - I assume the criteria match.

- Get that, will you? - I was about to.

Hi, honey. Hey, little fella.

Why aren't you in bed? What?

I have to finish up here first. Sweet dreams.

Hi, I'm on my way. I'll be done in 10 minutes.

I'll be there as soon as ...

So, we're looking for a woman in her 20s, single, blond -

- and a high-risk victim somehow. we have nothing!

We have the crime scene. That's something. Sleep well.

We're bringing in a 20-year-old woman, severely hypothermic.

Weak pulse ...

We induced a coma.

She has septicaemia and kidney failure and may become psychotic.

- How long will she be in a coma? - For 24 hours or more.

- Hi, where is she? - They've induced a coma.

Molbeck? We need two men outside and one by her door.

And check out the adjacent wards. No one enters without our approval.

You could drown this place in police, and he'd still get in if he wanted to.

He will want to finish the job. His failed 'project'.

It's over now. Okay?

You're safe now. I'll look after you.

Malene Schjott, 27. Her boss says she called in sick last Friday.

On Thursday he tried calling her. Her parents are in Thailand.

She's in her 20s, blond, single, and works at a gym that closes at 11.

- She fits the victim profile. - No. Something's wrong.

- I think this one is different. - why?

- Because she has dark hair? - No.

- Because of that. - A tattoo?

Let me know if you find a boil on her ass.

If it was about looks, she'd have a tattoo to cover it.

She was turning her life around.

The hospital says a Mikkel Sogaard wants to talk to Malene.

- Who's he? - He says he's her boyfriend.

- She is different from the others. - I told you.

I never said you didn't.

- Mikkel? - Thomas.

Where's the guard?

Where is she? Where's Malene?

Where's the guard?

- Where is Malene? - She was collected.

- who collected her? - I don't know.

Katrine.

- Hi. - Hi.

Hi. Nyholm. I'm here to check on Malene.

Why did you run.

I can't take you with me.

Who are you?

Hey! I'm talking to you.

Hi. Is there a problem?

- Katrine Ries, Homicide. - Nyholm.

- what are you doing here? - I was checking Malene's wounds.

I'll just take this. You let him in ... Hey! Stay here!

I have rounds. Do you want to join me?

You do exactly as I say, do you hear me?

That's fine. Thanks.

He's cleared. Nyholm is expected on the 4th floor in 30 minutes.

Bye.

What are you doing?

What's going on?

So, Malene completely turned her life around.

She started 2 months ago.

She worked the 10-2 shift at the gym but had the last 3 weeks off to study.

Katrine?

Apart from her age, she's not like the others.

- Go home and sleep. - Not right now.

Did you have a controversy with a resident Nyholm?

- Yes. - You know better than that.

You can't go after people that way. Get some sleep.

I need you clear-headed.

He's out there. what if he's already found his next victim?

He hasn't. He's lost his lockup, and he knows we're close.

He'll have to regroup. Nothing will happen in the near future.

- We'll take you home. - I can find my own way.

POLICE

Shouldn't you get home to your family?

Yes, at some point.

I thought you were confident enough to relax now.

After all, you say he's cooling off.

- Right? - Yes.

I think I know how he picks them. Or when.

At their very first encounter. That's when it happens.

What a mess. And that thing needs water.

- It's fine. Coffee or beer? - Coffee, please.

You say it's about submission, but why does he draw it out?

To make them beg for mercy and cry in gratitude.

- A classic dissocial. - A sociopath.

No, dissocial. Their reactions turn him on. That's what the coffin is for.

The only thing he can't handle is a stone face.

It confuses him.

The question is where the selection happens.

It could be anywhere. It's spontaneous.

So, a random meeting where they talk.

And something makes him think: 'She's next'. I don't know what.

- Malene knows. - But we can't ask her.

If she's psychotic, it could kill her.

I won't sacrifice one to save another.

I don't know that a new victim exists. I do know that Malene exists.

What's all this?

- Unsolved cases? - Yes.

That one murdered out ofjealousy.

So did he.

Double homicide. Mother and daughter.

And this guy beat his girlfriend's two-year-old to death.

Talk about bringing your work home. Who's that?

That's my stepfather.

- Do you ever not work? - Sure.

I sometimes relax during sex. It depends on how good it is.

And you?

I think I mostly relax afterwards.

I'll pick you up in the morning.

- Okay. - Thanks for the coffee.

Bye.

You're scarf's in here, Thomas. It's the oldest trick in the book ...

Katrine?

Are you up?

I brought coffee. Hello?

Katrine?

Molbeck, Schaeffer speaking. He's got Katrine. Our perp.

He's tidied the flat just like he did with Signe Bertelsen's.

Call station 1 and 3. We need all the men they can spare.

He's getting back at her.

Group 1: Door to door. Off you go!

It's a show of power. Katrine is his crown jewel.

I'll go dust her apartment for prints.

I want to see everything she's been working on! Go!

He'll spend a lot of time on Katrine.

You said he was cooling off.

You were wrong. You're a bloody amateur.

Once again we'll clean up your mess. I never want to see your face again.

Molbeck!

Hi.

It's your place of work.

Who are you? What's your line of work?

It's just a job.

what? It's just a job. You know?

You'll spend a lot of time on her, right?

This one is my masterpiece.

It's a place you know well. That's where you are.

Yes, it's a place I know. I'm the only one who knows about it.

where are you? Where are you?!

Are you looking for this?

- You must be quiet. - Don't touch me.

I'm in charge. Let's make sure you don't forget that.

Don't give him what he wants.

Stone face, Katrine. Stone face.

You're tougher than the others.

You've been through this before.

I'm not the first who had to put you in your place.

Am I?

Can you be quiet? Can you?

- I don't think you can. - Yes, I can ...

He must've been cleaning for hours. No fibres, no hairs. Nothing.

- Did you find any witnesses? - No.

None of the neighbours saw anything.

Hang on. what the hell are you doing? That's Katrine's desk.

No one knows anything.

Katrine's at the mercy of a sadist, and we have nothing?

Someone must have seen something! we can't just sit on our hands!

- He's killing her while we ... - Easy now, Mia. Calm down.

Panicking won't help matters. Focus on the work.

Compare the victims' apartments and find the common denominator!

A cleaning agent or whatever! I'll get some more men.

- Get on it. - Okay.

- Dad? Dad? - what?

Look at my new lunch box. Look.

The lid keeps it cold, 'cause it's got this thing inside.

And it's my favourite colour.

I really like it. It's so nice and cold.

The food is in here. Look!

- Can you take him, please? - Sweetie, go get your coat.

- I want to stay with dad. - Come on.

Come here, you little tyke.

- Don't forget your school bag. - My gloves, my coat ...

I know. I know ...

I thought we were happy that you're now a teacher.

Are we happy about it?

Are we?

- I miss you. - I have to see this through.

I promise ... when this is over ...

This isn't the first time. Am I right?

- May I help you? - when can I talk to her?

You can't. She died 6 minutes ago.

- What? - Hello, I'm doctor Nyholm.

We couldn't stop the infection, and her kidneys shut down.

There was nothing we could do.

- what was your name again? - Nyholm. I'm the resident.

Molbeck! I know where Katrine met the perp.

- So do I, in the barn. - No! Listen.

It was at the hospital. I was there. She met him at the hospital.

At 3 o'clock. Okay, I see the link now. Can I control it from here?

Something happened, and she threw him against the wall.

That sounds like Katrine, but to kill her over an insult ...

He's become reckless. He strikes when he loses control.

There! That's him.

Let's look at the tape from the reception.

There! Go back.

No.

There! There! Go back!

What does it say on the jacket?

Right-hand corner.

Adam Krogh, Drosselvej 3, Hvidovre. Molbeck. Put Sondergard on.

He's wearing a taxi jacket to a surveilled place. It doesn't add up.

We have his name and address. we need to find Katrine now!

Why aren't you saying anything?

Are you afraid?

I'm not afraid.

Adam Krogh doesn't exist. But there's an old lady at the address.

He collects his mail and drives her around.

- we still don't know his identity. - Hang on ...

Listen up! We need information on this guy! Talk to the other drivers.

Ask what he did before. You go to Hvidovre.

He must have revealed something to that old lady.

Find out when he became Adam Krogh. Go!

Molbeck ... Six years ago!

Six years ago. He changed identity six years ago!

After his first victim, Adriana Zaleski.

The man who took this had a different name.

Go over those who went missing 6 years ago.

- You could've told me before. - Come on!

The record office.

You'll struggle to get out, but then you realize no one can hear you.

And you give up.

You slowly run out of oxygen and become sleepy.

You feel an urge to go to sleep.

But you're afraid to.

Because you remember that if you fall asleep ... you die.

But you will fall asleep.

Put your arms like this, please.

Thank you.

Here he is!

Nicklas Holst, 28. Lived in a studio in Lyngby.

They entered when he had missed work for 2 weeks. Missing since then.

- Useless ... - we won't find clues in his past.

- why risk being recognized? - what did he do for a living?

He was a janitor's assistant at a hospital.

- which hospital? - Bispebjerg.

What?

He knows that hospital inside and out.

He manages to kill 5 people but is dumb enough to return to his old job?

He knows we wouldn't look there.

It's being renovated.

Why aren't you saying anything?

I know you're frightened.

Has someone been mean to you?

Drop it!

Drop it.

Against the wall!

- Katrine ... - Go away, Thomas.

- He's not worth it. - Stay out of this, damn it!

- He's not worth it, Katrine. - Go away.

He's not worth it.

Hands above your head.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

I was hoping you'd say: Anytime.

- I'm done working for the police. - Think it over.

No.

I've been made a team leader now.

By Bisgaard?

I should get home to my family.

Thomas, you left this behind. Again.

Thank you.

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