Wallander (2005–2013): Season 2, Episode 2 - Skulden - full transcript
Six-year-old Albin Landberg goes missing from nursery school and his corpse is later found in the sea,pumped full of sedatives. Martinsson is convinced the culprit is recently-released ...
I've been in touch
with your probation officer...
...Anders Beije.
- And?
- He says that it's all going well.
It is.
Sexual fantasies?
You've had no compulsive thoughts about boys?
No, I haven't.
I'm focusing on other things.
Good.
Hello?
Hi.
You can't ask that of me.
I'm not going to do that.
Albin?
Just stay here.
Good boy.
There's a good boy.
Wallander speaking.
When?
HENNING MANKELL'S WALLANDER SERIES
THE GUILT
Id like you to think
about where Albin usually goes.
Neighbors, friends...
- We've called everyone.
- He wouldn't have gone to a friend's.
Not today.
He got one of those PlayStations
yesterday. For his birthday.
- How old was he?
- Six.
He didn't even want to leave this morning.
He wanted him and Viktor
to be allowed to stay here and play.
- Viktor?
- Albin's big brother.
Do you have a photo of Albin
that I could borrow?
- Is it a recent one?
- Yes.
As a rule of thumb...
...pretty much all missing children
are found within 24 hours.
Unharmed.
We'll do all we can.
OK?
- Are you going out?
- Do you have anything to mail?
I'm sorry?
Do you have anything to mail?
I'm going to the post office.
No.
Albin!
Albin went missing at some time
between 1:00 and 1:30 yesterday afternoon.
That's 19 hours ago.
The rescue services were out all night
but found nothing.
We'll have to hope that this morning's
search party finds something.
- Any news from it?
- No.
But there must be 20 neighbours
who've volunteered.
Pontus and Isabelle,
you continue the house-to-house.
Someone must have seen something.
I'll carry on with the day center...
...or nursery,
or whatever they call it now.
- Preschool group.
- Preschool group!
It goes without saying
that it's a race against time.
Any questions?
No.
Then let's get cracking.
Of course I haven't told anyone.
How the hell would I explain
something like that?
I don't know!
I don't know what the hell to do!
What?
So what would you have done?
Look, I've got to hang up.
we'll talk later.
I've got some of those buns you like.
That's sweet of you.
Normally, there are two of us
out with the kids.
- I mean, if no one's off sick, that is.
- Like yesterday.
We try to get in temps...
...but at such short notice
and with our budget...
'm Rebecka.
- Can my boyfriend come in?
- Of course.
Kurt Wallander.
Ystad police.
So you haven't found him, I take it.
No.
So you were alone outside
with the kids...
...but saw nothing suspicious?
No. As I've said. Nothing.
No unauthorized person,
nothing out of the ordinary?
No.
I was with them the whole time.
We're from the Ystad police.
We're wondering
if you've seen this boy around.
Isn't that...
...Landberg's youngest?
Albert... Albin.
He went missing from, er...
What was the name of the nursery?
Kloverkullen Preschool.
Yesterday.
Oh, Jesus.
Went missing?
Did you notice anything strange
around here...
...yesterday evening or afternoon?
No.
- No strange cars, people?
- No, I don't think so.
If you remember something
or hear something, feel free...
Yes, of course.
I'll call you. Of course.
- Good.
- Thanks.
Do you recognize this guy?
Hang on a second.
He's the one who molested
some small boys, isn't he?
Greger Frankman.
What, seven, eight years ago?
But...
he's inside, isn't he?
Was.
He got out three months ago.
Where is he now?
Living less than 3 km
from Albin Landberg's nursery.
Good work.
- Go and talk to him right away.
- You bet [ will.
Wait.
- I said talk to him.
- Sure.
Hi. Ystad police.
Might Greger Frankman be at home?
- What's it about?
- I'd just like to talk to him.
- My son's out on an errand.
- May I come in and wait for him?
Do you both live here?
Greger hasn't found anywhere of his own
since getting out of prison.
We moved here only recently.
The neighbours didn't make life easy
at our old place.
What do you want with him?
We'd like to know what he was doing
between 1:00 and 1:30 yesterday.
He was here, with me.
- Was he now?
- He returned from town on the one-o'clock bus.
What was he doing in town?
- He went to the doctor's.
- Which doctor?
Greger sees a psychologist...
...who helps him.
He's not the only one
who needs a psychologist.
The kids he molested too, for example.
What do you want with us?
We're not bothering anyone.
This is Albin Landberg, aged 6.
He went missing from a preschool
around here yesterday afternoon.
The police are here...
...about a missing boy.
Shouldn't you be getting on with lunch?
Of course.
Do you recognize this boy?
No.
Would it be OK if I had a look around?
If you have a warrant.
Do you?
I've got your number, hear me?
You might fool your mom,
but not me.
We'll see about that.
If you've harmed that boy...
...you'll regret the day you were born.
We'll keep in touch.
- How can you be sure he's lying?
- You can just tell.
But he's got an alibi.
Yeah, it's just his mom covering for him.
- Have you got a moment?
- Is it that boy?
We've got a recently released
pedophile in the vicinity.
Sol hear.
Greger Frankman.
What do you say to a search warrant,
even if he has an alibi?
Doubtful, I'd say.
The alibi's given by his mom.
- And?
- She's protecting him.
Martinsson thinks she's hiding something.
Perhaps unintentionally.
I don't understand what we're waiting for.
Why don't we just bring him in?
You haven't got enough to go on,
and you know that.
It's the same for the warrant.
I can't issue one on such shaky grounds.
Well, then...
...don't blame me...
...if the bastard's got the kid
and we've just been sitting here.
Well, don't just sit here, then.
Go out and start digging.
Come back when you've got more on him.
So...
...how are things?
- What things?
- Things with you.
Have you got all your things
down from Stockholm?
Oh, that... Yes.
Katarina Ahlsell.
Hello!
No, you're not interrupting anything.
Yes, I have been trying to get hold of you.
That's great!
We'll have to keep a watch
on Frankman's house.
- I'll do it.
- And keep a low profile.
He's not stupid.
He'll know we're staking him out.
There you are!
The local reporters have been
asking for you. Several times.
- What about?
- The missing boy.
I'll just adjust the focus.
Kurt, if you can sit there...
So if the family begins, you can finish off.
- Where should I look?
- Look into the camera.
That's the policeman in charge of everyone
who is out searching for Albin.
So why isn't he out searching for Albin, then?
Because lots of other policemen
are out searching for Albin.
It looked like rain, so...
The police still have no leads
as to the whereabouts of Albin Landberg...
...who went missing
from Kloverkullen Preschool yesterday.
Local residents have been
passing by the Landberg home...
...to demonstrate their support.
The family and the police
are now appealing to the public.
We hope someone watching this
knows where Albin might be.
So that we can bring him home.
We miss him so much.
All of us.
I want Albin to come home.
The police would like anyone
who's seen or heard anything...
...in connection with Albin Landberg...
Asix...
- It's a tough one today.
- Sure.
- I'm just stepping out.
- Now?
- Where?
- Do you have to know everything all the time?
All the damn time?
You don't want to know
what I get up to.
Can't you make do with that?
Martinsson here.
We're going in.
Korsvagen 4.
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Sorry.
False alarm.
It was supposed to be a surprise.
For your birthday.
You don't think I'd be stupid enough
to have him here, do you?
Well, do you?
- Hit
How's it going?
Are you done with the angle grinder?
Shit, it totally slipped my mind.
I'm only joking.
You can keep it as long as you like.
What was all that down at Korsvagen earlier?
I was driving past and...
It's nothing I can talk about.
That missing boy
goes to the same group as my Ville.
- Did you know that?
- Shit.
It's damned upsetting.
- No news on him?
- I'm afraid not.
So that police raid
was about the kid, wasn't it?
Come on, Lasse.
Cut it out.
That's confidential.
You know that.
I know.
It's just that it's worrying
when something happens close to home.
Keep an eye on Ville over the next few days.
You know. Don't let him walk home
from school on his own or talk to strangers.
Is it a pedophile you're after?
- Is it?
- I never said that!
Just keep an eye on him.
Bye.
Bye.
Come on.
Drop it, for Christ's sake.
Why? Because he didn't
have him in the garage?
All that means is that
he's got him somewhere else.
While he was there fiddling with...
What was it? A candelabra?
A good deed, to ease his guilt.
- Or to thank his mom for the false alibi.
- Kurt!
- Shouldn't I take him?
- Yes.
- Come on, boy.
- Thanks, Ebba.
Look, there are 300 people out searching.
The National Bureau of Investigation is involved.
A nationwide APB has been issued.
We're doing all we can to find the boy.
Can't you...
We all make mistakes.
You just have to admit it and move on.
And if I haven't made a mistake,
who'll admit that?
No superficial signs of violence.
- Nothing sexual either?
- You'll have to ask forensics.
As for the clothes, I don't think
they'll give us much either.
They've been in the water too long.
- How long?
- One, one and a half, two days.
Wasn't he wearing a cap too?
- Ared one?
- Yes.
We haven't found it anywhere.
Maybe he lost it on the way.
I'll be right back.
I have to talk to his parents.
No, no.
It's not true. No.
No, no, you're lying!
We'll naturally have to make
a formal identification...
...when one of you, or someone else...
...feels you can cope.
I'll do it.
If you need anything...
I want to see him.
See who?
I have to know what happened.
We're doing all we can
to find out what happened.
Someone was in charge of Albin.
Someone let him go off from the nursery...
...where we'd left him in the belief
that he'd be safe and secure...
- Helena...
-..and I want to know who!
Do you understand that?
We think time hardens us...
that nothing affects us anymore.
I know.
That's what we think.
I met his older brother today.
10 years old.
I couldn't look him in the eye.
He'll blame himself...
...as kids do when they
don't understand us grown-ups.
Do they?
I think of my son
when we told him about the divorce.
He was completely convinced
it was his fault...
...no matter what we said.
How long have you been divorced?
Not long enough.
So how much sleep have you had
over the past 24 hours?
Not much.
How much have you had?
- Not much.
- No.
It's hard to sleep
when something like this happens.
- See you tomorrow.
- Sure. Bye.
Hi.
Did you check with Simrishamn
and their register?
Shit. It's that late, is it?
Yeah, yeah. Bye.
Rebecka's not here today.
She's at home, sick.
Do you know how I can get hold of her?
Yes, just one moment.
We haven't done anything.
Here.
Can you tell Helena and Anders
that we're thinking of them?
We'll be telling the kids today
during their fruit break...
...and then we'll be lighting
some candles for Albin.
Hi.
Come in.
...and what are the police doing?
They just sit there, refusing to answer
the questions we parents are asking them...
...when a convicted pedophile
has moved in just around the corner.
We don't know if he's
a suspect in this, but anyway...
Who wants to take the risk?
The policemen's own families? No!
Someone has to act.
Or do we have to keep
our kids locked up inside?
Is that the solution?
Hi.
- Is Rebecka at home?
- No, she's gone to visit her parents.
- Do you know where?
- So what is it now?
I've just got a few more questions
to ask her about Albin Landberg.
I heard that they found him.
It's awful.
Do you know where her parents live?
Gothenburg.
Do you want the number?
Yes, please.
OK;, thank you.
Bye.
She's not with her parents.
Or on the way, as far as they know.
But they'll get her to call us
if they hear from her.
- Keep trying her cell.
- Should I see if I can trace it?
Just find her.
Rebecka Odelman has gone AWOL...
...and I want to get an APB
put out on her.
I'll get right on it.
- And I'm going to interview the Kids.
- About what?
They were with her
just before Albin went missing.
If Rebecka's involved...
...they might have heard
or seen something useful to us.
Come on. We've got
a newly released pedophile...
...and you don't want him staked out.
And you focus on a nursery teacher
and some six-year-old kids.
Nothing says he was sexually abused.
You can't be sure of that. Yet.
The clothes were clean.
No semen, nothing.
- But they'd been lying in the water for days!
- One and a half.
I don't want to keep on about it,
but I think it's madness...
...torelease Frankman
before we know if Albin was abused.
Thank you.
You've made your point perfectly clear.
Rebecka has just used her cell,
but not in Gothenburg, in Halmstad.
Alert them.
I'll be right with you.
So, top priority:
find Rebecka Odelman.
And before we do,
we'll start on the children.
Kurt, a little piece of advice.
Interviewing minors...
- Take a wrong step and we're in for it.
- I know.
I think you should give
Katarina Ahlsell a chance.
- A chance?
- Yes.
She's trained in interviewing minors.
Right, that's what you mean.
Of course, yes.
Hi, my name's Kurt.
- Is your mother in?
- What do you want with her?
- Why, hello!
- Hi.
Step inside.
That's Hanna, whom you've already met.
And that's Elias.
Now where did I put it?
- Do you like it in Skane?
- No.
Elias!
You must like it a little bit?
No?
I"m sure we'll like it a lot more
once we've gotten things sorted out here.
Well, anyway,
I like being with your mom.
At work, I mean.
As a colleague.
- Aren't you just a policeman?
- Kurt is a chief inspector.
How much do you make?
- Hanna!
- What?
Here it is!
Finally! Let's go.
- Where are you going?
- Just down to the beach.
- Canl come?
- I'll be right back.
- But I can still come.
- We've got work to discuss.
No, you don't!
You're just saying that
So you can be with some old fart.
But you think 'm on the wrong track.
I think you should be damn careful
when interviewing children.
They might know something about
Rebecka Odelman that we don't know.
So why haven't they already
said anything, then?
Who knows?
Fear. Loyalty.
They're just kids.
Kids aren't that crafty.
I'm not so sure about that.
What do you mean?
Children make mistakes,
just like us adults.
Should they not be held accountable for them
just because they're children?
Like Elias, you mean?
I'm not talking about Elias.
Look, I apologize if he happened
to be a bit rude to you.
I just meant...
Jesus, he's entitled to be a bit jealous!
It's not the end of the world.
You're an adult.
He's 11.
His parents just got divorced,
and his world's collapsed.
I'm talking about children in general,
and not about your private life.
Here.
It contains all you need to know
about interview practices with minors.
Do you remember what you were doing
on the playground?
Nothing.
We were just playing knights.
They have a little club.
- Don't you? The Knights' Club.
- Yes.
Me, Hugo and Ville.
- Was Albin playing too?
- No.
What about your teacher, Rebecka?
Where was she?
Do you remember?
She was with us
when we were playing knights.
We were playing “it”.
Round the back.
- I understand.
- Rebecka was with us.
Playing “it"?
So you were on the swings
with Rebecka? In the playground?
I said that, didn't 1?
Are you sure Rebecka was with you?
We never crossed the road.
Who?
Oscar, Hugo and me.
We were in the playground.
I don't want to!
But, sweetheart, we came here
to leave some flowers for Albin, didn't we?
He was your friend.
- How did he die?
- I assumed by drowning, at first.
- But?
- Now I don't know.
There's usually some secretion
around the nostrils or mouth...
...but, as you can see, there's nothing.
- So you don't think he drowned?
- As I said, I can't tell yet.
Can you tell me anything else?
There was no sexual violence,
as far as I can see...
...although that can't be ruled out yet.
No external signs of violence, except...
...here.
Some slight bruising.
- From fingers?
- I don't know.
They're faint.
What else?
There is nothing else, so far.
- When, then?
- When I'm ready.
For God's sake, Kurt...
...can't you ever learn to wait
for others to finish their work?
Hi. Can I have a word with you?
- What's your name?
- Rebecka.
A child in your class has died,
and you go traveling!
We had a nationwide APB out for you!
I want to know what happened last Monday
when Albin Landberg disappeared.
I already told you.
I was with the kids in the playground.
OK.
So nothing happened?
No one left the playground?
And Albin Landberg
still managed to go missing.
Why are you lying?
'M not lying,.
We've spoken to the children.
What did they say?
Sorry, but you've got a visitor.
And they can't wait?
I tried to ask him,
but he wanted to see you.
The time is 4:33, pausing interview
with Rebecka Odelman.
Kurt Wallander is leaving the room.
And I suggest...
...that meanwhile you think
about what you're going to say.
The truth.
What do you think about that?
- This is...
- Lars Persson.
Ville Persson's father.
The one you questioned this morning...
...without a permit or a guardian present.
We had permission from his mother,
but she declined to attend.
What she does is her business.
We have joint custody.
And you have no goddamn right
to subject my son to this.
We talked with your son
in connection with an investigation...
...which we are fully entitled to do
with or without his guardian's permission.
Is it true that a pedophile
features in your investigation?
I don't know where
you got that information...
- So it's true?
- I suggest you let the police do police work.
Are you doing it though?
Can you guarantee my six-year-old son's safety?
If you'll excuse me, I was in a meeting.
- OK...
- I can find my own way out, thanks.
The time is 4:37, resuming interview
with Rebecka Ode/man.
Janne?
Who are you protecting?
Yourself or the children?
- I don't know what you're talking about.
- You know exactly what I'm talking about.
Something happened.
What?
If I tell you...
...will it be made public?
How do you mean?
Will my boyfriend hear about it?
No, no.
I was in Halmstad with...
.2 guy.
Another guy, not the one I live with.
He called me when I was out
in the playground with the children.
We were talking,
and I went a little way off...
...and then suddenly they were gone.
I totally panicked and left
the other children in the playground...
...and just ran off to look for them.
Who?
Hugo, Oscar and Ville had crossed
the road to get some sweets.
And Albin?
He was still in the playground.
When we got back, he was gone.
Look, I don't know
how Albin went missing.
If I did, I'd have told you.
I didn't lie about
anything important, at least.
Or rather, I found Albin's hat,
or cap, in the playground...
...and I hid it.
I was so scared.
You think she's telling the truth?
She knew we hadn't found the cap.
And I spoke to the kids.
Everything she says fits.
Can you listen to what
I have to say about Frankman?
I saw him sitting in a playground,
staring at the kids.
With his hands under a newspaper.
Totally fixated.
- When?
- Today.
Do you have anything else to go on?
No, not much.
- Well, then.
- OK, we'll give Frankman another shot.
Good.
Martinsson.
You haven't told anyone
about Frankman, have you?
- What do you mean?
- Outside the station, I mean.
Of course I haven't.
Why?
It's nothing.
Wait! Stop!
- If it wasn't you, who was it?
- I don't know.
But if you want my opinion...
...I think it's good, great.
People have a right to know that
they live next door to a pedophile.
But I didn't mention a pedophile to you.
I just gave you some advice, as a friend.
There's no proof against the guy.
What does that matter?
I mean, if he's innocent this time.
We're talking about a pedophile!
A guy who likes fucking little children.
Do you know how sick
in the head these people are?
If it had been your own kids?
Well?
What would you have done?
See you around.
Haven't you been shopping?
We can move again.
How would you cope with that?
I haven't done anything wrong.
No, not this time.
You haven't.
You believe me?
I believe you.
There, there.
Everything will be all right, won't it?
Mom?
Mom!
Martinsson here.
I'll get over there right away.
He's still just sitting there,
refusing to let her go.
Can you wait in the car?
We just wanted to be left alone.
We just wanted everyone
to leave us alone.
He's calmed down now.
You cangoin.
He didn't see anything.
No one near the house,
no description of anyone.
- I'll find whoever did this.
- I hope so.
Albin had not been sexually abused...
...but he did have ataractic in his blood.
- What's that in English?
- A sedative.
A sedative?
It didn't seem like
a normal drowning to me at first.
There was no water in his lungs...
...which can happen if the heart stops
before water gets into the lungs.
Such victims are usually drunk or on drugs.
So I had a tox screen done.
And?
No alcohol,
but, as I said, ataractic.
A sedative.
High concentrations too,
bearing in mind his body weight.
So you're saying that Albin...
...might have been dead
before ending up in the sea.
It's not impossible, yes.
How did the drug get inside him?
I might be mistaken,
and I mean really goddamn mistaken...
.but saw his mom take a sedative.
- Albin's mom?
- Yes.
After receiving the news of his death.
At least, I think so.
Her husband gave her a pill,
but it doesn't necessarily mean anything.
I could be horribly mistaken.
He works in the drug industry.
You're right.
It would have been worse if...
...if someone had touched him in that way.
And I'd like to give this back.
His photo.
Thank you.
Albin or Viktor?
Albin.
That's Viktor, when he arrived.
He's adopted.
Is he?
Where did he come from?
Poland.
He was just over one year old
when we got him.
And Albin?
He came the normal way a few years later.
Like a little bonus present.
Thank you for coming.
I wouldn't be able to use your...
Of course. It's upstairs.
Thanks.
FORENSIC MEDICINE
Xanor, was it?
So how do you find
the new public prosecutor?
Well, you know...
She's all right.
Here.
Active substance: alprazolam.
It's a match.
How did you know it was Xanor?
This is just a theory. So far.
We mustn't forget Xanor is a common drug...
...but it was found both
in the Landberg home and in Albin's body.
It wouldn't be the first time in history...
...that a problem child
has been given sedatives.
Unfortunately not.
I'll issue you a search warrant...
...but I want it done
while we question the parents here.
Separate interviews.
They don't know what we've found.
If they're hiding something, we don't want
to give them a chance to cook up a story.
Separate interviews.
we"ll start with the father.
- Why?
- Because I say so.
- When can you be ready?
- In half an hour.
I'll just get my things together.
If you're angry, say so.
- Why should I be angry?
- You know. Before, I mean.
You were wrong, weren't you?
I want you and me
to work together well too.
Too?
What do you mean?
Well sodo I, of course.
I'm sorry, I...
I know that you didn't
see anything here yesterday.
I just wanted to come and check.
Fuck off.
You can wait in here.
What was I doing last Monday at lunchtime?
You brought me here to ask that?
I was working.
Can anyone at work verify that?
No.
I was out visiting a customer.
For how long?
I don't know.
Until just before 1:00.
Do you know what time it was
when they called from the nursery?
- Can you remember?
-1:30.
They wanted to know
if one of us had picked up Albin.
What did you do between those times?
Nothing, I...
...drove back from visiting the customer.
Was anyone with you
in the car or were you alone?
I was alone.
What are you getting at?
What do you know
about a drug called Xanor?
Helena takes it sometimes.
She has for the past few years.
She can...
...get worked up about things.
Does she get it from you?
No, from the doctor.
But she only takes
a couple a month, maximum.
They calm her down.
Just her?
What do you mean by that?
The forensic pathologist
found traces of Xanor in Albin's body.
Significant amounts.
I'm not willing to continue
this interview without a lawyer.
OK.
Nyberg!
- Yes?
- What's this?
Well, let's see.
Some kind of medicine, maybe.
INTERROGATION
The lawyer can't make it
until first thing tomorrow.
Shit.
He's done something.
I'm sure of it.
They might have done something,
both of them.
We never gave Albin sleeping pills.
Why would we have done that?
It was so easy with just Viktor
those first years.
He came...
...and then he was ours.
That's how it works.
We feel we were lucky...
...not to have been able to have
biological children because we got him.
As if it were destined, somehow.
We'd just started talking...
...about adopting a sibling
when I got pregnant.
Without IVF or test tubes or anything.
We'd given up on all that.
It can happen, apparently.
The body relaxes, somehow.
- And then you had Albin.
- Yes.
He was very calm, even as a baby.
Whereas Viktor, he got...
...more and more difficult by the year.
It was usually Anders who put him to bed.
I had to work late a lot, so...
They're not sleeping pills.
They're sedatives
that I got with a prescription.
Not sleeping pills.
You both gave Viktor medicine?
No, not we.
Anders did.
I hit the roof when I found out,
but Anders said it was...
It was harmless in such low doses.
What was I to do?
Report him?
- Did this happen often?
- I don't know.
I didn't think so, but...
I don't actually know.
How could your medicine
have wound up inside Albin?
I don't know.
Did it get to be too much for you?
Was having two kids harder than you'd thought?
What?
Did your husband want to get rid of Albin?
There.
Wait here until someone calls for you.
I'll need my tobacco.
No tobacco now.
You'll have to wait.
I can't concentrate.
I need my tobacco now.
Damn it!
I've just lost my child.
Am I suspected of something,
or what the hell is it?
OK, where is it then?
In the car.
Give me your keys, then.
Thanks.
I think it's in my coat, under a rug...
...in the trunk.
- What kind of car is it?
- A red Peugeot 406 SV.
Look, come with me,
and we'll go and get your tobacco.
- So where's the car?
- Over there.
You might as well...
Shit.
I can't even believe this.
Alert all cars.
Get a roadblock
on the bridge to Denmark...
...and notify all airports and ports.
OK.
So all this is my fault?
Look at me when I'm talking to you!
I'm talking to you!
Do you understand what 'm saying?
Don't you realize
how upset this is making me?
It's not my fault!
Don't you see that?
Look at me!
Listen!
Look at me when 'm talking to you!
Look at me.
- Is it? Is it my fault?
- Let go of the boy.
Take him out to the car
and wait there.
Viktor?
Where's Mom?
- There's no need to be afraid.
- Where's Mom?
Now let's just calm down.
Calm down.
OK, you can go back home now to your son.
Do you play soccer, Viktor?
Did you panic with Albin, too?
Just like you panicked here earlier?
You panicked...
...and tried to make it look
like a drowning accident.
All this about Albin going missing...
...did he leave the nursery alone,
or was he there when you got home?
Albin took some medicine
that Viktor should have had, didn't he?
How did that happen?
You just don't get it.
You just don't get a damned thing.
Then you'd damn well better tell us
if you want us to get it.
No.
I want my lawyer.
Can I call my lawyer?
I'll call your lawyer
and tell him you're under arrest...
...and will be remanded into custody
on suspicion of murder.
I don't know, but something
just doesn't seem right.
What? Tell me.
I don't know,
and that's what's irritating.
Look, shouldn't you go home now?
We'll get no further with this tonight.
- Are you going home?
- Yes.
- Why?
- I thought I could give you a lift.
I'd love one, thanks.
No, I'm not assuming it was a man...
...but look at the statistics.
Over 90% of all crimes are committed by men.
Statistics, right.
What else is there to rely on?
Gut feeling?
A combination of the two, maybe.
Know what my gut feels like now?
A cold beer.
- Want one?
- Yes.
It looks like rain.
I'll just get the laundry.
- Can you get us two beers?
- Sure.
Where?
From the fridge in the kitchen.
It's just on the left by the hall.
- Why are you sitting in the dark?
- I can't sleep.
Where's Mom?
Where's Mom?
How's it going?
Did you find it?
Sweetheart!
What are you doing up?
I have to go.
Why?
Anders Landberg might be innocent.
Wait!
Listen, I'll be no more than an hour.
Go into Hanna's room
if you can't sleep, OK?
We'd like to have a word
with you and Viktor.
Viktor? What do you want
to speak to Viktor for?
Hi, Viktor.
Can we have a little chat?
Viktor!
Stop there!
Viktor, what's the matter?
Kurt is very good...
.50 everything will be just fine.
Albin got a PlayStation.
I also wanted one for my birthday.
- But you never got one.
- No.
Albin's good.
'M just bad.
Who told you that?
Daddy.
Mommy too, sometimes.
But mostly Daddy.
That's why Daddy gives me that medicine.
Because I'm bad.
I saw what Daddy did with the medicine.
I saw what Daddy did with the crushy thing.
And how he put it in my ice cream
so I wouldn't notice.
I'm not stupid.
I know they wanted Albin more than me.
If Albin had come first,
I wouldn't have come.
Know what I mean?
Albin!
Want some?
Let's go home.
If you fall asleep early,
can I play with your Playstation?
No, because it's mine and it's mine.
- You're so horrible.
- You're horrible yourself.
You're horrible.
You're horrible yourself.
I tried to pull Albin out of the water.
But he was all slippery.
I slid.
I had to give up.
I tried to pull him out.
Naturally you'll be offered help.
If you want it, that is.
I mean from the welfare services,
family therapy or...
No.
We tried to love him as much.
I thought we did love him just as much.
But if we didn't, then...
...we'll have to start now.
People will think he is a monster.
If we don't love him, who will?
...a statement from the opposition
on nuclear power is expected soon.
Ystad Police still have no leads
on the people who threw stones...
...through the windows
of a 70-year-old woman's home.
The woman was hit by one of the stones...
...and died later from her injury.
There will be no new
parliamentary debate on...
with your probation officer...
...Anders Beije.
- And?
- He says that it's all going well.
It is.
Sexual fantasies?
You've had no compulsive thoughts about boys?
No, I haven't.
I'm focusing on other things.
Good.
Hello?
Hi.
You can't ask that of me.
I'm not going to do that.
Albin?
Just stay here.
Good boy.
There's a good boy.
Wallander speaking.
When?
HENNING MANKELL'S WALLANDER SERIES
THE GUILT
Id like you to think
about where Albin usually goes.
Neighbors, friends...
- We've called everyone.
- He wouldn't have gone to a friend's.
Not today.
He got one of those PlayStations
yesterday. For his birthday.
- How old was he?
- Six.
He didn't even want to leave this morning.
He wanted him and Viktor
to be allowed to stay here and play.
- Viktor?
- Albin's big brother.
Do you have a photo of Albin
that I could borrow?
- Is it a recent one?
- Yes.
As a rule of thumb...
...pretty much all missing children
are found within 24 hours.
Unharmed.
We'll do all we can.
OK?
- Are you going out?
- Do you have anything to mail?
I'm sorry?
Do you have anything to mail?
I'm going to the post office.
No.
Albin!
Albin went missing at some time
between 1:00 and 1:30 yesterday afternoon.
That's 19 hours ago.
The rescue services were out all night
but found nothing.
We'll have to hope that this morning's
search party finds something.
- Any news from it?
- No.
But there must be 20 neighbours
who've volunteered.
Pontus and Isabelle,
you continue the house-to-house.
Someone must have seen something.
I'll carry on with the day center...
...or nursery,
or whatever they call it now.
- Preschool group.
- Preschool group!
It goes without saying
that it's a race against time.
Any questions?
No.
Then let's get cracking.
Of course I haven't told anyone.
How the hell would I explain
something like that?
I don't know!
I don't know what the hell to do!
What?
So what would you have done?
Look, I've got to hang up.
we'll talk later.
I've got some of those buns you like.
That's sweet of you.
Normally, there are two of us
out with the kids.
- I mean, if no one's off sick, that is.
- Like yesterday.
We try to get in temps...
...but at such short notice
and with our budget...
'm Rebecka.
- Can my boyfriend come in?
- Of course.
Kurt Wallander.
Ystad police.
So you haven't found him, I take it.
No.
So you were alone outside
with the kids...
...but saw nothing suspicious?
No. As I've said. Nothing.
No unauthorized person,
nothing out of the ordinary?
No.
I was with them the whole time.
We're from the Ystad police.
We're wondering
if you've seen this boy around.
Isn't that...
...Landberg's youngest?
Albert... Albin.
He went missing from, er...
What was the name of the nursery?
Kloverkullen Preschool.
Yesterday.
Oh, Jesus.
Went missing?
Did you notice anything strange
around here...
...yesterday evening or afternoon?
No.
- No strange cars, people?
- No, I don't think so.
If you remember something
or hear something, feel free...
Yes, of course.
I'll call you. Of course.
- Good.
- Thanks.
Do you recognize this guy?
Hang on a second.
He's the one who molested
some small boys, isn't he?
Greger Frankman.
What, seven, eight years ago?
But...
he's inside, isn't he?
Was.
He got out three months ago.
Where is he now?
Living less than 3 km
from Albin Landberg's nursery.
Good work.
- Go and talk to him right away.
- You bet [ will.
Wait.
- I said talk to him.
- Sure.
Hi. Ystad police.
Might Greger Frankman be at home?
- What's it about?
- I'd just like to talk to him.
- My son's out on an errand.
- May I come in and wait for him?
Do you both live here?
Greger hasn't found anywhere of his own
since getting out of prison.
We moved here only recently.
The neighbours didn't make life easy
at our old place.
What do you want with him?
We'd like to know what he was doing
between 1:00 and 1:30 yesterday.
He was here, with me.
- Was he now?
- He returned from town on the one-o'clock bus.
What was he doing in town?
- He went to the doctor's.
- Which doctor?
Greger sees a psychologist...
...who helps him.
He's not the only one
who needs a psychologist.
The kids he molested too, for example.
What do you want with us?
We're not bothering anyone.
This is Albin Landberg, aged 6.
He went missing from a preschool
around here yesterday afternoon.
The police are here...
...about a missing boy.
Shouldn't you be getting on with lunch?
Of course.
Do you recognize this boy?
No.
Would it be OK if I had a look around?
If you have a warrant.
Do you?
I've got your number, hear me?
You might fool your mom,
but not me.
We'll see about that.
If you've harmed that boy...
...you'll regret the day you were born.
We'll keep in touch.
- How can you be sure he's lying?
- You can just tell.
But he's got an alibi.
Yeah, it's just his mom covering for him.
- Have you got a moment?
- Is it that boy?
We've got a recently released
pedophile in the vicinity.
Sol hear.
Greger Frankman.
What do you say to a search warrant,
even if he has an alibi?
Doubtful, I'd say.
The alibi's given by his mom.
- And?
- She's protecting him.
Martinsson thinks she's hiding something.
Perhaps unintentionally.
I don't understand what we're waiting for.
Why don't we just bring him in?
You haven't got enough to go on,
and you know that.
It's the same for the warrant.
I can't issue one on such shaky grounds.
Well, then...
...don't blame me...
...if the bastard's got the kid
and we've just been sitting here.
Well, don't just sit here, then.
Go out and start digging.
Come back when you've got more on him.
So...
...how are things?
- What things?
- Things with you.
Have you got all your things
down from Stockholm?
Oh, that... Yes.
Katarina Ahlsell.
Hello!
No, you're not interrupting anything.
Yes, I have been trying to get hold of you.
That's great!
We'll have to keep a watch
on Frankman's house.
- I'll do it.
- And keep a low profile.
He's not stupid.
He'll know we're staking him out.
There you are!
The local reporters have been
asking for you. Several times.
- What about?
- The missing boy.
I'll just adjust the focus.
Kurt, if you can sit there...
So if the family begins, you can finish off.
- Where should I look?
- Look into the camera.
That's the policeman in charge of everyone
who is out searching for Albin.
So why isn't he out searching for Albin, then?
Because lots of other policemen
are out searching for Albin.
It looked like rain, so...
The police still have no leads
as to the whereabouts of Albin Landberg...
...who went missing
from Kloverkullen Preschool yesterday.
Local residents have been
passing by the Landberg home...
...to demonstrate their support.
The family and the police
are now appealing to the public.
We hope someone watching this
knows where Albin might be.
So that we can bring him home.
We miss him so much.
All of us.
I want Albin to come home.
The police would like anyone
who's seen or heard anything...
...in connection with Albin Landberg...
Asix...
- It's a tough one today.
- Sure.
- I'm just stepping out.
- Now?
- Where?
- Do you have to know everything all the time?
All the damn time?
You don't want to know
what I get up to.
Can't you make do with that?
Martinsson here.
We're going in.
Korsvagen 4.
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Sorry.
False alarm.
It was supposed to be a surprise.
For your birthday.
You don't think I'd be stupid enough
to have him here, do you?
Well, do you?
- Hit
How's it going?
Are you done with the angle grinder?
Shit, it totally slipped my mind.
I'm only joking.
You can keep it as long as you like.
What was all that down at Korsvagen earlier?
I was driving past and...
It's nothing I can talk about.
That missing boy
goes to the same group as my Ville.
- Did you know that?
- Shit.
It's damned upsetting.
- No news on him?
- I'm afraid not.
So that police raid
was about the kid, wasn't it?
Come on, Lasse.
Cut it out.
That's confidential.
You know that.
I know.
It's just that it's worrying
when something happens close to home.
Keep an eye on Ville over the next few days.
You know. Don't let him walk home
from school on his own or talk to strangers.
Is it a pedophile you're after?
- Is it?
- I never said that!
Just keep an eye on him.
Bye.
Bye.
Come on.
Drop it, for Christ's sake.
Why? Because he didn't
have him in the garage?
All that means is that
he's got him somewhere else.
While he was there fiddling with...
What was it? A candelabra?
A good deed, to ease his guilt.
- Or to thank his mom for the false alibi.
- Kurt!
- Shouldn't I take him?
- Yes.
- Come on, boy.
- Thanks, Ebba.
Look, there are 300 people out searching.
The National Bureau of Investigation is involved.
A nationwide APB has been issued.
We're doing all we can to find the boy.
Can't you...
We all make mistakes.
You just have to admit it and move on.
And if I haven't made a mistake,
who'll admit that?
No superficial signs of violence.
- Nothing sexual either?
- You'll have to ask forensics.
As for the clothes, I don't think
they'll give us much either.
They've been in the water too long.
- How long?
- One, one and a half, two days.
Wasn't he wearing a cap too?
- Ared one?
- Yes.
We haven't found it anywhere.
Maybe he lost it on the way.
I'll be right back.
I have to talk to his parents.
No, no.
It's not true. No.
No, no, you're lying!
We'll naturally have to make
a formal identification...
...when one of you, or someone else...
...feels you can cope.
I'll do it.
If you need anything...
I want to see him.
See who?
I have to know what happened.
We're doing all we can
to find out what happened.
Someone was in charge of Albin.
Someone let him go off from the nursery...
...where we'd left him in the belief
that he'd be safe and secure...
- Helena...
-..and I want to know who!
Do you understand that?
We think time hardens us...
that nothing affects us anymore.
I know.
That's what we think.
I met his older brother today.
10 years old.
I couldn't look him in the eye.
He'll blame himself...
...as kids do when they
don't understand us grown-ups.
Do they?
I think of my son
when we told him about the divorce.
He was completely convinced
it was his fault...
...no matter what we said.
How long have you been divorced?
Not long enough.
So how much sleep have you had
over the past 24 hours?
Not much.
How much have you had?
- Not much.
- No.
It's hard to sleep
when something like this happens.
- See you tomorrow.
- Sure. Bye.
Hi.
Did you check with Simrishamn
and their register?
Shit. It's that late, is it?
Yeah, yeah. Bye.
Rebecka's not here today.
She's at home, sick.
Do you know how I can get hold of her?
Yes, just one moment.
We haven't done anything.
Here.
Can you tell Helena and Anders
that we're thinking of them?
We'll be telling the kids today
during their fruit break...
...and then we'll be lighting
some candles for Albin.
Hi.
Come in.
...and what are the police doing?
They just sit there, refusing to answer
the questions we parents are asking them...
...when a convicted pedophile
has moved in just around the corner.
We don't know if he's
a suspect in this, but anyway...
Who wants to take the risk?
The policemen's own families? No!
Someone has to act.
Or do we have to keep
our kids locked up inside?
Is that the solution?
Hi.
- Is Rebecka at home?
- No, she's gone to visit her parents.
- Do you know where?
- So what is it now?
I've just got a few more questions
to ask her about Albin Landberg.
I heard that they found him.
It's awful.
Do you know where her parents live?
Gothenburg.
Do you want the number?
Yes, please.
OK;, thank you.
Bye.
She's not with her parents.
Or on the way, as far as they know.
But they'll get her to call us
if they hear from her.
- Keep trying her cell.
- Should I see if I can trace it?
Just find her.
Rebecka Odelman has gone AWOL...
...and I want to get an APB
put out on her.
I'll get right on it.
- And I'm going to interview the Kids.
- About what?
They were with her
just before Albin went missing.
If Rebecka's involved...
...they might have heard
or seen something useful to us.
Come on. We've got
a newly released pedophile...
...and you don't want him staked out.
And you focus on a nursery teacher
and some six-year-old kids.
Nothing says he was sexually abused.
You can't be sure of that. Yet.
The clothes were clean.
No semen, nothing.
- But they'd been lying in the water for days!
- One and a half.
I don't want to keep on about it,
but I think it's madness...
...torelease Frankman
before we know if Albin was abused.
Thank you.
You've made your point perfectly clear.
Rebecka has just used her cell,
but not in Gothenburg, in Halmstad.
Alert them.
I'll be right with you.
So, top priority:
find Rebecka Odelman.
And before we do,
we'll start on the children.
Kurt, a little piece of advice.
Interviewing minors...
- Take a wrong step and we're in for it.
- I know.
I think you should give
Katarina Ahlsell a chance.
- A chance?
- Yes.
She's trained in interviewing minors.
Right, that's what you mean.
Of course, yes.
Hi, my name's Kurt.
- Is your mother in?
- What do you want with her?
- Why, hello!
- Hi.
Step inside.
That's Hanna, whom you've already met.
And that's Elias.
Now where did I put it?
- Do you like it in Skane?
- No.
Elias!
You must like it a little bit?
No?
I"m sure we'll like it a lot more
once we've gotten things sorted out here.
Well, anyway,
I like being with your mom.
At work, I mean.
As a colleague.
- Aren't you just a policeman?
- Kurt is a chief inspector.
How much do you make?
- Hanna!
- What?
Here it is!
Finally! Let's go.
- Where are you going?
- Just down to the beach.
- Canl come?
- I'll be right back.
- But I can still come.
- We've got work to discuss.
No, you don't!
You're just saying that
So you can be with some old fart.
But you think 'm on the wrong track.
I think you should be damn careful
when interviewing children.
They might know something about
Rebecka Odelman that we don't know.
So why haven't they already
said anything, then?
Who knows?
Fear. Loyalty.
They're just kids.
Kids aren't that crafty.
I'm not so sure about that.
What do you mean?
Children make mistakes,
just like us adults.
Should they not be held accountable for them
just because they're children?
Like Elias, you mean?
I'm not talking about Elias.
Look, I apologize if he happened
to be a bit rude to you.
I just meant...
Jesus, he's entitled to be a bit jealous!
It's not the end of the world.
You're an adult.
He's 11.
His parents just got divorced,
and his world's collapsed.
I'm talking about children in general,
and not about your private life.
Here.
It contains all you need to know
about interview practices with minors.
Do you remember what you were doing
on the playground?
Nothing.
We were just playing knights.
They have a little club.
- Don't you? The Knights' Club.
- Yes.
Me, Hugo and Ville.
- Was Albin playing too?
- No.
What about your teacher, Rebecka?
Where was she?
Do you remember?
She was with us
when we were playing knights.
We were playing “it”.
Round the back.
- I understand.
- Rebecka was with us.
Playing “it"?
So you were on the swings
with Rebecka? In the playground?
I said that, didn't 1?
Are you sure Rebecka was with you?
We never crossed the road.
Who?
Oscar, Hugo and me.
We were in the playground.
I don't want to!
But, sweetheart, we came here
to leave some flowers for Albin, didn't we?
He was your friend.
- How did he die?
- I assumed by drowning, at first.
- But?
- Now I don't know.
There's usually some secretion
around the nostrils or mouth...
...but, as you can see, there's nothing.
- So you don't think he drowned?
- As I said, I can't tell yet.
Can you tell me anything else?
There was no sexual violence,
as far as I can see...
...although that can't be ruled out yet.
No external signs of violence, except...
...here.
Some slight bruising.
- From fingers?
- I don't know.
They're faint.
What else?
There is nothing else, so far.
- When, then?
- When I'm ready.
For God's sake, Kurt...
...can't you ever learn to wait
for others to finish their work?
Hi. Can I have a word with you?
- What's your name?
- Rebecka.
A child in your class has died,
and you go traveling!
We had a nationwide APB out for you!
I want to know what happened last Monday
when Albin Landberg disappeared.
I already told you.
I was with the kids in the playground.
OK.
So nothing happened?
No one left the playground?
And Albin Landberg
still managed to go missing.
Why are you lying?
'M not lying,.
We've spoken to the children.
What did they say?
Sorry, but you've got a visitor.
And they can't wait?
I tried to ask him,
but he wanted to see you.
The time is 4:33, pausing interview
with Rebecka Odelman.
Kurt Wallander is leaving the room.
And I suggest...
...that meanwhile you think
about what you're going to say.
The truth.
What do you think about that?
- This is...
- Lars Persson.
Ville Persson's father.
The one you questioned this morning...
...without a permit or a guardian present.
We had permission from his mother,
but she declined to attend.
What she does is her business.
We have joint custody.
And you have no goddamn right
to subject my son to this.
We talked with your son
in connection with an investigation...
...which we are fully entitled to do
with or without his guardian's permission.
Is it true that a pedophile
features in your investigation?
I don't know where
you got that information...
- So it's true?
- I suggest you let the police do police work.
Are you doing it though?
Can you guarantee my six-year-old son's safety?
If you'll excuse me, I was in a meeting.
- OK...
- I can find my own way out, thanks.
The time is 4:37, resuming interview
with Rebecka Ode/man.
Janne?
Who are you protecting?
Yourself or the children?
- I don't know what you're talking about.
- You know exactly what I'm talking about.
Something happened.
What?
If I tell you...
...will it be made public?
How do you mean?
Will my boyfriend hear about it?
No, no.
I was in Halmstad with...
.2 guy.
Another guy, not the one I live with.
He called me when I was out
in the playground with the children.
We were talking,
and I went a little way off...
...and then suddenly they were gone.
I totally panicked and left
the other children in the playground...
...and just ran off to look for them.
Who?
Hugo, Oscar and Ville had crossed
the road to get some sweets.
And Albin?
He was still in the playground.
When we got back, he was gone.
Look, I don't know
how Albin went missing.
If I did, I'd have told you.
I didn't lie about
anything important, at least.
Or rather, I found Albin's hat,
or cap, in the playground...
...and I hid it.
I was so scared.
You think she's telling the truth?
She knew we hadn't found the cap.
And I spoke to the kids.
Everything she says fits.
Can you listen to what
I have to say about Frankman?
I saw him sitting in a playground,
staring at the kids.
With his hands under a newspaper.
Totally fixated.
- When?
- Today.
Do you have anything else to go on?
No, not much.
- Well, then.
- OK, we'll give Frankman another shot.
Good.
Martinsson.
You haven't told anyone
about Frankman, have you?
- What do you mean?
- Outside the station, I mean.
Of course I haven't.
Why?
It's nothing.
Wait! Stop!
- If it wasn't you, who was it?
- I don't know.
But if you want my opinion...
...I think it's good, great.
People have a right to know that
they live next door to a pedophile.
But I didn't mention a pedophile to you.
I just gave you some advice, as a friend.
There's no proof against the guy.
What does that matter?
I mean, if he's innocent this time.
We're talking about a pedophile!
A guy who likes fucking little children.
Do you know how sick
in the head these people are?
If it had been your own kids?
Well?
What would you have done?
See you around.
Haven't you been shopping?
We can move again.
How would you cope with that?
I haven't done anything wrong.
No, not this time.
You haven't.
You believe me?
I believe you.
There, there.
Everything will be all right, won't it?
Mom?
Mom!
Martinsson here.
I'll get over there right away.
He's still just sitting there,
refusing to let her go.
Can you wait in the car?
We just wanted to be left alone.
We just wanted everyone
to leave us alone.
He's calmed down now.
You cangoin.
He didn't see anything.
No one near the house,
no description of anyone.
- I'll find whoever did this.
- I hope so.
Albin had not been sexually abused...
...but he did have ataractic in his blood.
- What's that in English?
- A sedative.
A sedative?
It didn't seem like
a normal drowning to me at first.
There was no water in his lungs...
...which can happen if the heart stops
before water gets into the lungs.
Such victims are usually drunk or on drugs.
So I had a tox screen done.
And?
No alcohol,
but, as I said, ataractic.
A sedative.
High concentrations too,
bearing in mind his body weight.
So you're saying that Albin...
...might have been dead
before ending up in the sea.
It's not impossible, yes.
How did the drug get inside him?
I might be mistaken,
and I mean really goddamn mistaken...
.but saw his mom take a sedative.
- Albin's mom?
- Yes.
After receiving the news of his death.
At least, I think so.
Her husband gave her a pill,
but it doesn't necessarily mean anything.
I could be horribly mistaken.
He works in the drug industry.
You're right.
It would have been worse if...
...if someone had touched him in that way.
And I'd like to give this back.
His photo.
Thank you.
Albin or Viktor?
Albin.
That's Viktor, when he arrived.
He's adopted.
Is he?
Where did he come from?
Poland.
He was just over one year old
when we got him.
And Albin?
He came the normal way a few years later.
Like a little bonus present.
Thank you for coming.
I wouldn't be able to use your...
Of course. It's upstairs.
Thanks.
FORENSIC MEDICINE
Xanor, was it?
So how do you find
the new public prosecutor?
Well, you know...
She's all right.
Here.
Active substance: alprazolam.
It's a match.
How did you know it was Xanor?
This is just a theory. So far.
We mustn't forget Xanor is a common drug...
...but it was found both
in the Landberg home and in Albin's body.
It wouldn't be the first time in history...
...that a problem child
has been given sedatives.
Unfortunately not.
I'll issue you a search warrant...
...but I want it done
while we question the parents here.
Separate interviews.
They don't know what we've found.
If they're hiding something, we don't want
to give them a chance to cook up a story.
Separate interviews.
we"ll start with the father.
- Why?
- Because I say so.
- When can you be ready?
- In half an hour.
I'll just get my things together.
If you're angry, say so.
- Why should I be angry?
- You know. Before, I mean.
You were wrong, weren't you?
I want you and me
to work together well too.
Too?
What do you mean?
Well sodo I, of course.
I'm sorry, I...
I know that you didn't
see anything here yesterday.
I just wanted to come and check.
Fuck off.
You can wait in here.
What was I doing last Monday at lunchtime?
You brought me here to ask that?
I was working.
Can anyone at work verify that?
No.
I was out visiting a customer.
For how long?
I don't know.
Until just before 1:00.
Do you know what time it was
when they called from the nursery?
- Can you remember?
-1:30.
They wanted to know
if one of us had picked up Albin.
What did you do between those times?
Nothing, I...
...drove back from visiting the customer.
Was anyone with you
in the car or were you alone?
I was alone.
What are you getting at?
What do you know
about a drug called Xanor?
Helena takes it sometimes.
She has for the past few years.
She can...
...get worked up about things.
Does she get it from you?
No, from the doctor.
But she only takes
a couple a month, maximum.
They calm her down.
Just her?
What do you mean by that?
The forensic pathologist
found traces of Xanor in Albin's body.
Significant amounts.
I'm not willing to continue
this interview without a lawyer.
OK.
Nyberg!
- Yes?
- What's this?
Well, let's see.
Some kind of medicine, maybe.
INTERROGATION
The lawyer can't make it
until first thing tomorrow.
Shit.
He's done something.
I'm sure of it.
They might have done something,
both of them.
We never gave Albin sleeping pills.
Why would we have done that?
It was so easy with just Viktor
those first years.
He came...
...and then he was ours.
That's how it works.
We feel we were lucky...
...not to have been able to have
biological children because we got him.
As if it were destined, somehow.
We'd just started talking...
...about adopting a sibling
when I got pregnant.
Without IVF or test tubes or anything.
We'd given up on all that.
It can happen, apparently.
The body relaxes, somehow.
- And then you had Albin.
- Yes.
He was very calm, even as a baby.
Whereas Viktor, he got...
...more and more difficult by the year.
It was usually Anders who put him to bed.
I had to work late a lot, so...
They're not sleeping pills.
They're sedatives
that I got with a prescription.
Not sleeping pills.
You both gave Viktor medicine?
No, not we.
Anders did.
I hit the roof when I found out,
but Anders said it was...
It was harmless in such low doses.
What was I to do?
Report him?
- Did this happen often?
- I don't know.
I didn't think so, but...
I don't actually know.
How could your medicine
have wound up inside Albin?
I don't know.
Did it get to be too much for you?
Was having two kids harder than you'd thought?
What?
Did your husband want to get rid of Albin?
There.
Wait here until someone calls for you.
I'll need my tobacco.
No tobacco now.
You'll have to wait.
I can't concentrate.
I need my tobacco now.
Damn it!
I've just lost my child.
Am I suspected of something,
or what the hell is it?
OK, where is it then?
In the car.
Give me your keys, then.
Thanks.
I think it's in my coat, under a rug...
...in the trunk.
- What kind of car is it?
- A red Peugeot 406 SV.
Look, come with me,
and we'll go and get your tobacco.
- So where's the car?
- Over there.
You might as well...
Shit.
I can't even believe this.
Alert all cars.
Get a roadblock
on the bridge to Denmark...
...and notify all airports and ports.
OK.
So all this is my fault?
Look at me when I'm talking to you!
I'm talking to you!
Do you understand what 'm saying?
Don't you realize
how upset this is making me?
It's not my fault!
Don't you see that?
Look at me!
Listen!
Look at me when 'm talking to you!
Look at me.
- Is it? Is it my fault?
- Let go of the boy.
Take him out to the car
and wait there.
Viktor?
Where's Mom?
- There's no need to be afraid.
- Where's Mom?
Now let's just calm down.
Calm down.
OK, you can go back home now to your son.
Do you play soccer, Viktor?
Did you panic with Albin, too?
Just like you panicked here earlier?
You panicked...
...and tried to make it look
like a drowning accident.
All this about Albin going missing...
...did he leave the nursery alone,
or was he there when you got home?
Albin took some medicine
that Viktor should have had, didn't he?
How did that happen?
You just don't get it.
You just don't get a damned thing.
Then you'd damn well better tell us
if you want us to get it.
No.
I want my lawyer.
Can I call my lawyer?
I'll call your lawyer
and tell him you're under arrest...
...and will be remanded into custody
on suspicion of murder.
I don't know, but something
just doesn't seem right.
What? Tell me.
I don't know,
and that's what's irritating.
Look, shouldn't you go home now?
We'll get no further with this tonight.
- Are you going home?
- Yes.
- Why?
- I thought I could give you a lift.
I'd love one, thanks.
No, I'm not assuming it was a man...
...but look at the statistics.
Over 90% of all crimes are committed by men.
Statistics, right.
What else is there to rely on?
Gut feeling?
A combination of the two, maybe.
Know what my gut feels like now?
A cold beer.
- Want one?
- Yes.
It looks like rain.
I'll just get the laundry.
- Can you get us two beers?
- Sure.
Where?
From the fridge in the kitchen.
It's just on the left by the hall.
- Why are you sitting in the dark?
- I can't sleep.
Where's Mom?
Where's Mom?
How's it going?
Did you find it?
Sweetheart!
What are you doing up?
I have to go.
Why?
Anders Landberg might be innocent.
Wait!
Listen, I'll be no more than an hour.
Go into Hanna's room
if you can't sleep, OK?
We'd like to have a word
with you and Viktor.
Viktor? What do you want
to speak to Viktor for?
Hi, Viktor.
Can we have a little chat?
Viktor!
Stop there!
Viktor, what's the matter?
Kurt is very good...
.50 everything will be just fine.
Albin got a PlayStation.
I also wanted one for my birthday.
- But you never got one.
- No.
Albin's good.
'M just bad.
Who told you that?
Daddy.
Mommy too, sometimes.
But mostly Daddy.
That's why Daddy gives me that medicine.
Because I'm bad.
I saw what Daddy did with the medicine.
I saw what Daddy did with the crushy thing.
And how he put it in my ice cream
so I wouldn't notice.
I'm not stupid.
I know they wanted Albin more than me.
If Albin had come first,
I wouldn't have come.
Know what I mean?
Albin!
Want some?
Let's go home.
If you fall asleep early,
can I play with your Playstation?
No, because it's mine and it's mine.
- You're so horrible.
- You're horrible yourself.
You're horrible.
You're horrible yourself.
I tried to pull Albin out of the water.
But he was all slippery.
I slid.
I had to give up.
I tried to pull him out.
Naturally you'll be offered help.
If you want it, that is.
I mean from the welfare services,
family therapy or...
No.
We tried to love him as much.
I thought we did love him just as much.
But if we didn't, then...
...we'll have to start now.
People will think he is a monster.
If we don't love him, who will?
...a statement from the opposition
on nuclear power is expected soon.
Ystad Police still have no leads
on the people who threw stones...
...through the windows
of a 70-year-old woman's home.
The woman was hit by one of the stones...
...and died later from her injury.
There will be no new
parliamentary debate on...