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SUMMER 1976

He's here!

Ulf, come in. - Thanks.

Coffee? - Yes, thanks.

Let's go sit in the kitchen.

Have some, you'll feel better.

One more.

You too.

There you go.

Come on, girls, clothes off.

Now.

Come on, take that off.

What are you doing?

He was tripping!

Dammit!

It's the girls' fault!

They're not standing still! - Take a picture, it's alright.

I haven't had sex since Louise left me. She took the boy and split.

Were you mad at Louise? - No, I wasn't mad.

I've never been violent to women. If Louise says so, she's lying.

Can I go home now?

Can we take a short... - No. You met Louise on the workplace.

Yes. She had problems with her boyfriend so she moved in with me.

Where was your cabin?

Outside Höör. - Now we take a break.

Everything must come out. Cars, jobs, neighbors old and new.

Everyone he called on the phone. - Ulf owned a Volvo before '93.

We need to have a look at that cabin.

Come on, Lars, we can't have him released in a couple of years.

This is Ulf's cottage from 1989. I'm sure we'll find something.

There are other murders to solve. I can't devote the whole budget to this.

Tony. - It's Pelle. How's going?

The prosecutor is giving me hell. - Bad news, seems like the floor has been redone.

Dammit... we only have 5 weeks.

Otherwise we only have him for rape.

Who are you?

I'm a policeman.

I was gonna say "you mind yours, I mind mine" but you can't say that to a policeman.

You wanna talk about the girl, don't you?

We were there when you found her but we heard nothing else then.

It's awful it happened so close to us.

I felt so bad.

They call that place the "love grove" because everyone takes whores there.

They come from Kristianstad and Malmö, do their things and go back.

You seem hot, you want some juice? - Thank you, I'm fine.

You may want to have a look around.

We can show him the barn and the land.

We used to have foster children back in the 70's. It was a long time ago.

Those girls were adrift, they had done bad things.

Sometimes they stayed for a year, sometimes for a month.

They were escaping from the city, like Malmö or Göteborg.

They were looking for some fresh country air.

You're burning! Lie down a bit. - No, no...

That's not much use to you now...

That's not worse than what they were doing before.

Don't feel sorry for them... they were paid and they loved money.

They liked to play and have fun.

Nowadays it got so boring... - "Photographer Uffe"... who's that?

Yes... that was Ulf. - Yes.

I don't remember his last name. He had sense of humor...

He joked about it... - Olsson, it was... he was good with the camera but...

He then became violent so we couldn't use him anymore.

He went crazy and nasty... there was something wrong with him.

Let me help you... - No...

Hey, mate! Come inside, I'll take care of you!

Let go of me! - You need to freshen up!

You need to rest!

You had vole fever but now you're better. I called the medical guard.

Can you remember? - Yes...

Ulf can be linked to that place. It's no coincidence she was lying there.

That only proves he had a connection to the place, nothing more.

Yes... we're closing on him.

Interrogatory start: 10.17, July 6, 2004.

Interrogator: Monica Olhed. Heard person: Key Olsson in her own house.

Can you tell me about your brother and your childhood?

He was the tiniest of us but got the most beating from our Gestapo-mother.

He stabbed a guy in the neck once. He told me that himself.

Then he just left.

How did the family react? - What you mean?

Did anyone do anything about the beatings?

Family... what can I say...

When you think of all that violence...

We were married for a year and... I used to spoil him with huge sandwiches in the morning.

He wasn't happy with just sausages and cheese. He wanted special ham and...

...I always had to carefully wash my hands before.

If I didn't, he dropped the sandwiches and walk away.

In the winter of 1988 I tried to kill myself.

I cut my wrists in the car in a parking lot.

Ulf was there too, but he...

...he said nothing, he put a bandage on the wrist and went home.

He waved an AK4 in my face... he was in the Home Guard and carried a gun.

He emptied a magazine in our cat.

Another cat he slaughtered in our bathroom.

He squeezed one into the letterbox...

...and strangled another.

He was sick and I was married to him... can you understand?

It sounds totally incomprehensible...

Can you describe your sexual relations?

It wasn't violent or unusual.

But he wanted sex every day.

I got tired of that after one month.

He didn't care at all.

He went on about his ex-wife who cheated on him with some Arab.

He couldn't let that go.

If you didn't grow up in it, you couldn't understand how hard it was.

I work as a guide in the castle but my colleagues could never understand.

It's awful when I think about it.

Everybody knew but no one did nothing.... I did nothing.

I don't think we'll find anything. He's the compulsive type.

We must go through everything again. There's got to be something.

Unless we have a confession. - I'm working on his trust.

We're running out of time. Tony tore apart the whole cabin.

You think Malm will be fine with that? We're not even sure there's something to find.

The DNA test must be wrong. - That's not possible.

Can you tell me what you did that Easter week? - I can't, I don't remember.

I wanna go home to my dog.

What's blocking your memory?

I wipe out what's not interesting anymore.

There are ways to help recover memories.

You could try a therapist or even hypnosis.

Is that something you would do?

We go back in time.

My father kicks me all the time.

It must have been horrible. I understand that.

I'm being taken to a nice party with champagne.

A little naked girl was on the bed.

I once had a sick conversation with Ulf about all his fantasies.

What he would do if they wouldn't let him see his son.

I wish I had written down everything... it was awful.

I switched off, I just couldn't take it.

Now I'm thinking... what he said might have been about Helén.

Can you tell us what was it all about? - Murder... abuse...

It was about hurting children.

I don't remember... I...

He said she wanted food and water but she wouldn't get it... she was bound to die anyway.

Why didn't you say anything? - Go on.

When Ulf had a hard time, he had to "take a break".

He went to Sävsjö. - That's where Jasmina disappeared, the 6-year-old girl.

You kept all this to yourself? - You never called the police??

I have a duty of confidentiality. - Are you dumb?!

Erik... - Damn idiot...

We have to check for any disappearances or murders where he went to "take a break".

Can I try to question him some time?

Not yet, Monica continues... even if it's taking a bit long.

I know it's hard to talk about it, but... can you tell me anything more?

When we lived there... now it doesn't exist anymore...

What is it? - It was a toolshed.

It was special to him, he had built it himself.

I was never allowed inside.

He had cats in there and he slept there when he was mad at me.

He curled up on the floor.

Can I go now?

Found anything? - No but he sniffed something.

This must be where the shed was.

Not the case...

My head hurts. I don't have money for medicines though.

I take things for throat and stomach and anti-depressants.

But they're still at the pharmacy, I didn't picked 'em up.

What have you thought after our last interrogatory? - There's nothing to think about.

Have you written anything down since we last saw?

I've drawn my dog but haven't written anything.

This is not working. - You know it can take long.

For people like Ulf it takes a man. We've always said that.

Give me a chance now. She's going nowhere.

Erik takes over. Let's try with a male interrogator.

But I found him. - It's Erik's turn. If he fails, you'll go back.

It's just your thought... - You're going nowhere...

You'll ruin everything if you change now.

How do you feel when you drink alcohol? You should know well.

I joke around a bit then I get tired.

Do you become violent? - No, I just go to bed.

What you think of drug addict? - I don't like drug dealers.

They destroy other people.

You think these pictures are nice? - They're nothing special.

Have you killed Jannica? - I can't place her anywhere.

My co-workers... - Try place her in a street in Malmö.

I've only sought out prostitutes when I've been out sailing.

I can't remember what happened 6 months ago, how do you think I can...

You want me to believe you don't remember what you did?

Your semen was inside Helén. - That's not possible.

Cut the crap now, Ulf.

What are you thinking about? - My dog.

You have written: "Considering how journalists twist words,"

"I can't say anything about myself, my family, my ex-wives and friends".

"I didn't do it".

What does it really mean? - I have nothing to say.

After what you said and what you wouldn't say...

...what you think your siblings will think of you now?

I don't remember anything.

You don't remember doing anything? - I didn't do anything.

Ulf, come on! - I cannot place Helén or Jannica.

I'm trying to dig deep inside my head.

The problem is not to dig deep inside.

The problem is to dig out the truth of what you did.

Can I continue now?

We dug up half the yard for nothing.

It must have been a bloodbath inside.

Wasn't it Helén's blood?

That was Jannica's blood. - Which proves he kept Jannica in that house.

We have a lot but still not enough.

It's still child's rape. - And he does two thirds of the sentence.

We still need more technical evidence or a confession.

I'll try again... but I don't know...

We have nothing to link him to the letters or the phone calls.

It's a nightmare...

VIMMERBY HOUSE SEARCH

Pelle!

Could you be extra-fast with this? - I'll try but we have a schedule.

I'd appreciate you using the fast lane. It's child's murder.

What you think your future will be like, Ulf?

I wanna keep working. I'm in a carpentry project in Vimmerby.

Are you going to keep feeling bad? I know you did for a long time.

I have a throat problem. - So you're seeing a therapist?

That's about other things but I don't wanna talk about it.

You have a chance now, since we lifted the carpet and saw the dirt.

How would you feel realizing that you have done this?

I'd be probably scared of myself. - Why?

'Cause it's bad.

Other people are affected by this.

No, that is not... - No... you know they are.

I know...

Have you met Jannica? - No.

Why was Jannica's DNA in your cabin? - It's a mistake.

No, it's not. Forensics found traces of Jannica's blood in your cabin.

What do you say about that? - It's wrong... Louise lived there too.

No, Louise moved there later.

You already said only you had access to the cottage.

How do you explain Jannica's DNA then? - It's a mistake.

I can't explain... I can't remember her being in the cabin.

I'm thinking hard but I can't place her anywhere.

I can't remember but a lot of people came by the cabin.

Like who? - An Asian type came while I was chopping wood.

This was sent to Pelle. You recognize it?

It's nothing I know.

"None of this would have happened if I hadn't been bullied at school".

"It was just me. Helén and Jannica."

Look at it. - I don't know what it is.

I have no memory of writing that.

You think someone broke into your house and wrote this on your computer?

I don't know... - You don't know if someone broke in?

Not if I wasn't there.

I miss my dog.

We need more time. - You know it's not possible.

We have blood and DNA from the cabin! - We spent too much already.

More resources are out of the question. You have to close!

You think he will confess? - Honestly, I don't think so.

We just pack then? - Money's over.

We have other murders and other rapes to investigate.

When can I see my dog?

These are the calls from the card you found in Ulf's jacket.

He called you in May. - No, what you mean?

He hasn't called me. - Look at here.

He called a Per-Åke Åkesson. He was connected from Mörbylångamasten.

A 3.9 minutes call to Per-Åke Åkesson on May 28.

That's not my number! - I know.

However, he called a Per-Åke Åkesson.

It was Friday night. My wife was watching TV.

"It's about Helén and Jannica from Hörby", he said.

"I took them both".

Didn't you say anything? You were a cop yourself! - Of course I did!

I went to the police in Malmö and talked to Krister Berg.

I think it's about Jannica and Helén.

When I heard you were holding someone I thought you followed my tip.

I see why you did. The guy who called, what did he sound like?

He might have been from north Skåne.

Not very young. Raspy voice. Low talker, he spoke quietly.

That's what I remember. It was a short call.

Then after a while he called again.

What did he say?

He said: "All is ready". Then he hung up.

Berg knew. This is sabotage. - We can let that go.

Tomorrow we'll meet the prosecutor. It's our last chance to get him for murder.

All we have now are weak links.

The letter with the confession recording was postmarked on May 28 in Kalmar.

The phone call in which he admits the murders was made in Mörbylånga, near Kalmar.

We can't prove that he sent the letter.

But we can place him in Kalmar at the same time.

A SIM card with his fingerprints nails him there.

The same SIM card used to confess both murders.

He called us right in the middle of our DNA testing.

That little shit was mocking us! - This must be enough.

Blood wasn't enough, DNA wasn't enough but a little shitty SIM card will do the job!

What then? This must be enough.

I think it is. Right what we needed.

Along with the DNA and the other evidence this will do.

I'll bring this forward but I think it'll hold.

It's over, we have him.

The man suspected of killing Helén Nilsson is also being accused of another murder.

The prosecutor believes in a guilty verdict.

A stone can be finally put on Helén's grave...

...and the families now know that who committed that horrible crime is no longer walking free.

With us is police chief Krister Berg, very satisfied of the work that's been done.

How would you summarize this investigation?

This was a perfect example of good policing.

I won't name names since ours is a team work.

We actually have a modern police organization which is working very well.

How would you feel if you realized you have really done these things.

I'd probably be scared of myself.

Why? - 'Cause they're bad things.

DESPITE HIS DENIAL, ULF OLSSON WAS SENTENCED TO AN ASYLUM FOR THE CRIMINALLY INSANE WITH SPECIAL RELEASE REVISION. HE TOOK HIS OWN LIFE ON JANUARY 10, 2010.

IN ADDITION TO THIS CASE, PER-ÅKE ÅKESSON, MONICA OLHED AND THE OTHER DETECTIVES FOLLOWED 5 MORE MURDER CASES IN THE YEARS FROM 1991 AND 2004.

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