"Born in Damascus, he came here when he was 12." "Check his alibi and the ether." "See if it's the same type forensics found." " When's your flight?" " He came out and drove off." " Did you see the car return?" " No." "You didn't see Rama between 9.30 and 3 a.m.?" "I'm sure he was there." "Mum offered to come on Friday to help with the housewarming." " There's no need, I cancelled it." " Don't do that." "We'll be there." "I'm afraid they suspect one of our teachers." "And they're looking into an old case." "His name is Rahman Al Kemal." "I shook hands with a role model with that name." "It can't be him." "I checked all the files." " Who gave you the files?" " A civil servant." "Morten was right." "We drop references to role models and cancel the ads." " We go on." " What?" "He's only a suspect." "I believe in this." "If I drop this now, who am I?" "Asmus heard something at his school." "He knows." "You're so busy and she might not know." " You said she did." " But..." "I want to know." "A retired DCI told us Theis was dangerous back then." "It's a 20-year-old case." "The drug dealer threatened to expose him." "Nothing came of it." " What did the drug dealer say?" " Nothing." "He was very dead." "Give us this day our daily bread." "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those..." " It doesn't matter now." " It does, Theis." "The guy they suspect is here." "Don't mention the role models." " It comes from the top." " I can't not do it." "You're not being asked." "Aren't some of your role models criminals?" "Involved in murder?" "If the rumours are true, aren't we generalising?" "I have a plan for the city, without the slums and ghettos of most European cities." "To attain that goal the role models are vital." "Meyer, keep an eye on Birk Larsen." "Keep him away from Kemal." "It's too late." "They left in his car." "Get your luggage." " Stop the plane." " Please sit down." " CID..." " But..." "It's nice of you to give me a lift." "I left my car at home." "Wasn't that my turn-off?" "THE KILLING" "It's a red van." "Registration..." "Here it is." "UE 93 682." "From Birk Larsen's Removalists." "Of course you're playing." "Why should you suffer because of your mother?" "Poor Bengt." "What won't he think?" "He won't be selfish about it." "He'll understand better than you." "Yes, we must hope so for your sake." " What have you got?" " Kemal's wife says he hasn't returned." " And his car?" " It's parked in the street." "Let's go over the route again." "From here to Birk Larsen's." " Look for them." " Shall I put out an all points?" " Why?" " Lund said Birk Larsen was dangerous." "Can you see Lund anywhere?" "I can't actually see her." "From now on we'll do it my way." "Is that understood?" "Dispatch, Jan Meyer here." "I didn't request a bulletin." "How do you think Theis feels today?" "Look around you." "Your husband might do something stupid." "I must talk to him as soon as possible." " Why would he do that?" " Mummy..." "I'm coming now, darling." " Sarah Lund, CID." " Vagn." " You're a friend of Theis?" " Yes." " Where did he go?" " I don't know." "If you're his friend you should help him now." " Where did they go?" " I said, I don't know." "Lund here." "I want a trace." "Mobiles for Theis Birk Larsen and Rhaman Al Kemal." " You'll get the numbers now." " This will have consequences." "Do you have other warehouses?" "What are we doing?" "The battle to be mayor took a dramatic turn tonight when Bremer accused one of Hartmann's role models of involvement in a murder case." "Aren't some of your role models criminals?" " Of course not." "That's just..." " One is involved in a murder case." "Which murder case?" "We have no comment." " A concrete case?" " Yes it is." "The Centre Party wants to meet." "Our sources tell us this is about the student..." " What do the police say?" " No contact." "Suspend him and go public." "I won't act till I hear from the police." "You must distance yourself and show you're not hiding anything." "So you think I should give in?" " When Bremer inflames things?" " Yes, I think so." "You brought it on yourself." " What are you saying?" " We agreed." "I stand by what I said." "You messed up big time." "The hierarchy told you to pass that on?" "I must get you elected but you ruin our chances." "My chances or yours?" "If that's how you see it I'm not the right advisor for you." "No, maybe you're not." "News about Morten Weber." "That teacher's guilty whether he's convicted or not." " You think so?" " Yes... no." " That's the media's view." " Get the police." "Where are you going?" " I'll be back soon." " Where are you going?" "What's happening with the trace?" "There's a warehouse in South Harbour and a depot in Valby." "A warehouse in the Free Harbour." " Where exactly?" " No idea." "What about this one?" "Is he at the workshop?" "I told you I don't know." "Calls have been traced to a harbour mast." "He's in the Free Harbour." "Get a car out there now." "Just to let you know... my wife's waiting for me." "She's pregnant." "I don't want her to worry." "Perhaps I should call her and say..." "They said she was a stargazer." "That's what they're called when they... are looking upwards at birth." "We joked about... her becoming an astronaut." "She was..." "She liked going to school, eh?" "I'm sure she did." "I was never good at it but she was." "She was very clever." "And she liked you too, right?" "She'd come home and tell us about your lessons." "Someone's gossiping about you." "Eh?" "Despite what you've heard..." "I guarantee you that Nanna was my student." " I could never..." " What?" " You could never what?" " I could never harm her." " Why are they talking about you?" " I don't know." "What are you not saying?" "I haven't harmed her." "It's a misunderstanding." "I'm going to be a dad." " What are they saying?" " Relax." "I'm waiting." "I want you to leave." "How dare you come here to my daughter's..." "I don't know what you think Theis has done..." " He hasn't done anything." " I think he has." " No one's in the harbour." " Try again." "Find him." "What do you think he's done?" "Are the kids asleep?" "Where's Rahman Al Kemal?" "I think he took a cab." "Where were you?" "It won't do, me hopping back and forth from Sweden." "It simply won't do." " The Swedish police have..." " Lund!" "Stop, right now." "You're not staying." "Finish!" "We know she saw him Friday night." "When we confront him with that..." "I won't need you." "Okay?" " Let's hope he confesses." " Buchard will be told and..." "I'm interrogating." "You can watch." "Hello." " Coffee?" "Tea?" " Some water." "Help yourself." "Rahman Al Kemal..." "I'll just switch this on." "You're not under arrest." "But anything you say may be used against you." " You can have a solicitor." " No need." " Great." " I'll answer all your questions." " Fine." " But first I have a... confession." "On Friday I was supervising the party at the school." "My watch finished around 8.30 p.m." "I left for home to pick up my wife and we... went to the allotment garden." "At 9.30 I realised that I'd forgotten to get coffee." "I went to the petrol station." "I then realised that the tradesman was coming the next day." "I went to the flat to prepare for him." "About... 10 o'clock someone rang the doorbell." "To my surprise it was..." "Nanna Birk Larsen." "She came to return a couple of Karen Blixen books." "She was there no more than two minutes." "That was the last time I saw her." "Yes." "That's all." "You mean she came to return some books?" "Yes." "Friday evening in the middle of a party?" "They were not school books." "You'd loaned them to her privately?" "I should have told you this earlier." "Why didn't you?" "You found something in the basement so I thought she'd returned to the party." "And then there was the old case with the female student... a couple of years ago." "This situation could be misunderstood." "It's around here somewhere." "Here." "I saw you on TV." "You don't have time to play doctor." "Why won't you return my calls?" "I'm busy at the office." "Very busy." "I presume you haven't suspended him?" "What does Eller say?" "Has she stood you up or will she wait till tomorrow?" " I'm really sorry." " So what?" "Just because you come here with... insulin, you think it fixes things." "I'd hoped you would accept an apology, but..." "Poor Troels." "He always wants to do the right thing." "Perhaps he listens to the wrong people." "I'd like you to come back." "Yes... you could use me now that the dunny is on fire." "When your wife died, I was sitting there." "And you sat here." "Remember?" "You didn't trust me." " Yes?" " They found her bike." "In front of the teacher's flat Friday night." "Hello?" " Get the material ready." " And the newspaper is out." "How can the mayor, speaking on TV, tell us who our murder suspect is?" "No problem." "The man is sitting in there." "When the director of police calls me it is a problem." "What's he saying?" "That he met the girl in the flat." "She hasn't been seen since." " He volunteered this?" " Six days after we first asked him." "He sanded the floors, and covered all tracks." " What's your view?" " Give me two hours with him." " We'll find out." " That hasn't worked." "I'll question him as a witness, then." "I think he's lying." "Search the flat, the cellar, the allotment." "Everything." "Check his building waste, tap his phone, and inform Hartmann." "Don't fuck up." "The press are watching." "I want a one-to-one talk with you." "Tomorrow." "What do we do with him?" "Your wife is coming." "Can you stay with family?" " Why can't I go home?" " We have to go through everything." "So if you haven't got somewhere go to a hotel." "We need your passport." "And stick around for the reconstruction." "Reconstruction?" "To show us precisely how you met Nanna." " But I told you." " Your wife's here." "What type of car did you drive on Friday?" "My own." "As a role model, you'd have access to Hartmann's cars?" "Perhaps you borrowed one for your building waste?" "I used my own car that weekend." "I know nothing about the car at the school if that's it." "The suspension will be announced at a press conference soon." "I've prepared the papers for the administration." "This is the press release." "Suspend him and distance yourself." "You regret our mistake and back the police investigation." "And don't comment on the role models." "No, I..." "I understand." "It's important in public life to apologise early for any mistakes." "It's most important." "Rahman Al Kemal..." "A nice man." "No one has anything bad to say about him." "He saved half the youth in North West." "I play basketball with him..." "The previous weekend he may have killed a student." "They're waiting." " What do you believe?" " Nothing." "My job is to save you and that's hard enough." "The police are here to bring you up to date." "Yes, why not." "If you interrupted your trip to inform me, you're too late." " Do you have a minute?" " Is it important?" "Kemal says he met the girl in his flat on Friday." "He says she left again but no one's seen her since." "The short version." "It appears he held her captive that weekend but we won't know till we've examined the flat." "We knew all that already." "Thank you." "There's more." "I need the last two years' logs to see who drove your cars." "Why?" "To see if Kemal drove the car Nanna was found in." "He didn't." "Your role models have access to your cars." " Documentation shows..." " They're not the same cars." "The role models drive the old council cars." " How sure are you?" " Quite sure." "We'd have told you." "I'll find the documentation tomorrow." "Thanks." " Does it matter?" " Yes." "If Kemal never drove that car how could he recognise it?" " He could have found out." " Yes, but it's unlikely." "Which means that... he may not be guilty." "We've got a press conference." "Where do we stand?" "As I said, he's the main suspect so suspend him." "But you've been wrong before." "I need the documentation." "It's not him." "Damn it." "It's not him." "They think it's him, right?" "Where did they go?" "Why did it take so long?" "I don't know." "I'll be at the house tomorrow." " I have to do something." " In the house?" "I have to renovate it and sell it quickly." "Did you see the drawings?" "He was here." "We were talking about Nanna." "I thanked him for the flowers." "He touched the coffin." " Why don't you say something?" " Because nothing is certain." "You think it's him, don't you?" "We must wait till we hear from the police." "Hello, it's Bengt Rosling." "I can't answer right now but leave your name and number and I'll call you." "Have a good day." "If you want a family you'll have to work for it." "Yes, and I've tried to call him." "He's not answering." "Presumably they're partying and he can't hear it." "It's no excuse that I haven't been a good example." "We haven't split up." "No." "But you've never let him come close." "I have." "I just want you to be happy." "And not lonely when you get old." " Do you understand?" " Yes." "On the basis of meetings with the police and because of their insufficient explanation." "I'll delay suspending the teacher." "What?" "He hasn't been accused and is not convicted." "I don't want to bow to the hysteria or the public lynching advocated by the mayor." "Suspension will only happen if there is a basis for it." "Thanks." " How long have you known?" " Is he guilty?" "In this country one is innocent until proven otherwise." "Right?" "Hello, this is Bengt Rosling." "I can't answer right now but if you leave your name..." "Cameras at the petrol station confirm that Kemal bought coffee at 9.42 p.m." " The flat?" " Still working on it." "He got a call before he left the servo." " Who from?" " A laundromat near his home." "It could've been Nanna." "They met at the flat later." "Okay." "Check for leads." "If witnesses say she was there we can prove they had a date." "Any other calls?" "He called the tradesman three hours later." "He's confirmed that Kemal called to cancel their appointment." " Want to hear the tape?" " Later." "I'm with Birk Larsen." "Call when you're ready." " How did you get down here?" " I drove all night." " How did the housewarming go?" " Yes, it went well." "I sent the guests home at 9." "Listen to me, Sarah." "It's not hard." "Go through that door and sit in the car and we'll go home." "You don't even know these people." "What about your own family?" "What about Mark and school?" "I want you to read the case file and the forensics report." "You just want everyone to adapt to you." "He washed her and cut her nails." "Who'd do that?" "He's either careful erasing his tracks or there's another reason." "but I can't find any similar cases." "I don't care about your case." "I care about you." "Hello there." " I'm off." "No need for you to come." " I'm coming now." "We're going to see the deceased's family." "Please stay." "It would mean a lot to me." "I need your help." "I'll call you." "Yes?" "None of the role models used our campaign cars." "Great." "We need a new campaign chief unless Morten returns." " He isn't." " I'll organise it." " Knud Padde is here." " Where?" " In your office." " Here?" " I haven't got the time." " He insisted on talking to you." " Could you?" " No, I can't." "I'll delay Eller." "Hi, Knud." "I'm sorry, this is a bad time." " Did you see the papers?" " Yes." "The members are worried." "The group wants a meeting." "Yes, but..." "I've got two minutes before another meeting." "Why haven't you suspended him?" "It looks as if you're covering for a murderer." "We're in contact with the police." "The man may be innocent." "They're not saying that." "It's a lot of pressure." " We might not withstand it." " Of course we will." " I'll get us out of this." " Kirsten Eller's here." "I'll let you know when we're finished." "It'll be all right." "All right." "Go out the back way." "Big, sweaty men drive Eller insane." "You didn't tell me that Bengt's a psychologist." " You met him in therapy." " He's a criminal psychologist." "He's the wisest man I know." "Including you." "I asked Buchard for a meeting about us." " You did?" " Yes, I did." "Do you know where your husband is?" "Probably out driving." "We need some information to help us determine if Nanna had a relationship with her attacker." "Could you stop doing that?" "It may be something she said or a time when she wasn't at home." " Gifts, borrowed books..." " You knew he was a suspect." "You let him attend the funeral and come here." "He sat holding my hand right there." "You said nothing!" "Now you come asking questions." "It's too late." " What are you doing with him?" " Searching his home." "I'll call you when we're through." "Was she at his place?" "Was she..." "Did she visit him that evening?" "Yes, she was there that evening." "She wasn't seen after that." "We hope to prove something but we must be able to link them." "All I know is she liked him as her teacher." "Check my calendar." " As long as you let me know." " Of course." "I'll help you with the house." "It's good you didn't do anything yesterday." "Cops everywhere." "I don't know why a monkey like that can become a teacher." "Theis, I promise you he's finished." "Listen, Theis." "All we have to do is wait like we did then." "Don't talk about that again." "It's me." "Let me know if there's anything I can do." "You know what you can do." "No matter what, a role model of yours is the main suspect." " He might be innocent." " You're mad not suspending him." "You're entitled to your view but don't let it come between us." "Let's remember that the alliance is only provisional." "Are you washing your hands of me?" " I can't support you." " It's our policy." "Your policy." "I don't want to be held accountable for this." "You'll have to fix this or I'll distance myself from you." "You asked me to find this document for you." "More coffee?" "Well..." "No, thank you." "We can't be seen together any more." "All arrangements are off including tonight's." " What about your trustworthiness?" " Meaning?" "Your party taking credit for role models." "That's what your homepage says." "You spend a few pages praising our joint initiative." " This is blackmail." " Nothing of the sort." "If I were you, I'd take responsibility for my own homepage." " Thanks for the coffee." " See you tonight." "I thought you were in free fall." "I'm no good at being idle." "How did you know?" "If I was her campaign manager I'd have taken the credit too." "I..." "Tell the group we're going with Eller as planned." " I'm happy to have you back." " Are you sure?" "Morten here." "I'm fine." "She was here for over 24 hours." "There must be more than two prints." "We've vacuumed and sprayed and used ultraviolet lights." "All traces of any crime are erased." " And the boots?" " We analysed the mud." "It's not from the crime scene." "Is it normal to have ether around?" "Not unless you have a helicopter." " A helicopter?" " Like this one." "It flies on a blend of oil, petrol and ether." "And the neighbours?" "Third floor had a party." "No one heard anything." "Someone saw him ditch some rubbish at 1 .30 a.m." " That's all." " What rubbish?" "I let her in." "I open the door... and wait." " Was the light on?" " Only in the living room." "Fine." "She's standing here..." "in front of your door." "Then what?" "She asks if she can come in and I say yes." "She feels guilty about some books she'd borrowed." " Does she close the door?" " No, I do." "Then she gives me the books." " You go into the flat?" " No, we stay out here." " Sure?" " Yes." "Why are her prints on a photo in there?" "I was sanding the floor and some things were out here." "The class photo too." "She looked at it before she left." "Then what?" "Then..." " Do you see her out?" " No, I close the door after her." "Why cancel with the tradesman at 1 .30 a.m.?" "Something to hide?" "His quote was too expensive so I decided to do it myself." "In the middle of the night?" "You said she arrived unannounced?" "You had a phone call shortly before she came." "It was a wrong number when I was at the petrol station." "You talked for 90 seconds with a wrong number?" "Yes..." "He insisted on talking to the previous subscriber." "The call came from the laundromat on the corner." " Does that sound likely?" " I wouldn't know." "What about the building waste?" " Saturday." " Oh?" "What did you take down at 1 .30" "in a black rubbish bag?" "An old bedspread from my grandmother." "I dropped it in a container on my way back to the allotment." "If that's all I'd like to see my wife." " And the phone at the laundromat?" " It's been cleaned since." "So you have bugger all." " Meyer, Birk Larsen is on the phone." " Not now." "Start from scratch and leave Kemal out of it." " We have to go on." " We know the girl was there." "But you've found nothing." "He cleaned up and took the girl somewhere." "Where?" "Where did he take her?" "You've examined his flat and his car... the cellar, allotment, clubs..." "Are you under pressure from Hartmann's campaign?" "I don't give a shit about that campaign." "All you've got is a witness who saw him with rubbish at 1 .30 a.m." " It's not normal." " But it's not a life sentence." "Kemal's lying." " He must have a place..." " So find it." "You wanted to see me?" "It can wait till tomorrow." "What were they looking for?" "What do they think you did with her?" "They'll realise they're wrong." "Why didn't you tell them straight away?" "Why did you wait?" "I didn't want to worry you." "I told you I'm sorry." "Rahman." "I told you not to call me." "I have everything under control." "You are not allowed to call me." "Shut up, or you'll regret it your whole life." "Fine." "Thank you very much." "They searched his home and found nothing." " He's not charged?" " They've let him go." " You're sure?" " Yes." "As it looks now he might be innocent." "I'm sorry about yesterday." "I mean..." "We said some things but I hope you know." "I'm doing it for you." " We'll talk about it later." " Just so you know." " The conference room is ready." " Fine." "Troels." " Knud?" " Sorry, but..." " Can we talk?" " No, we're just starting." " I have to talk to you." " What?" "Book a meeting with Morten." " It has to be now." " I can't." "Hi, and welcome." "Thanks for last time." "I tried to tell you this morning and it hasn't improved." "I'm telling you I'm in control." "Hi, and welcome." "It was quite something." "It's time." "The hall's full." "There's a meeting tonight." "You have to be there." "Meeting?" "I haven't called a meeting." "It can't come as a surprise that your way of handling things has caused some concern." "What are you saying?" "Some of us think... that you're damaging the party." "They want a vote on replacing you with a new candidate." "So where's the action?" "They didn't find anything." "They searched the flat all day with no result." " Are you listening." " Yes, I am." " We'll see." " What?" "Its no use to..." "Is that all you have to say?" "You say nothing!" "What do you want me to do?" "He's killed your daughter and all you do is work on the house." "What do you want me to do?" "What?" "They're saying that... he had an affair with her." "What?" "If it is the teacher the police will find out." "What if they don't?" "They will." "It's 1 .30." "Then what?" "I woke up." "I think someone was partying." "I got up to go to the toilet and I looked down to the yard from the window." " I saw him with some rubbish." " At 1 .30 a.m.?" "He was carrying it and put it on the tailgate." "It was wrapped in black plastic." "That's all." "Did it look heavy?" "How did it look?" "Was it square or oblong or..." "Slow down." "It was dark." "Could it have been a bedspread?" "Would you do me a favour and leave now." "I think you saw more." "We need help." "A young woman was killed." "Here's my card." "He was carrying... her in the rain." "She was covered in black plastic." "You couldn't see it was a small human being." "But it was." "His friend was waiting at the car." "He opened the door and they put her in." " What friend?" " It took only a second." "They closed the door and drove off." " What did he look like?" " One like him." "Shut up, or you'll regret it your whole life." " What does he say?" " Shut up or you'll regret it forever." "I'm in the middle of something." " Kemal had a helper." " Yes?" "The witness saw Kemal carry the girl and someone who helped him." " Do we know who?" " He didn't see him close up." " An Arab?" " Yes." "We're transcribing a call to Kemal." "The other guy wants to go to the cops but Kemal threatens him." " Can we trace the call?" " A mobile in North West." " Hang on." " Not true..." "What's that in the background?" "Wind it back a bit." "I told you not to call me." "That's Isha." " It's the evening prayer." " Evening prayer?" " I have an idea of the source." " How?" "Kemal's father is with a mosque out there." " I'm going there now." " See you there." "I presume I can't avoid that." " I'd like to welcome Kirsten Eller." " Thank you." "And my good friend, Troels."