PAGAN PEAK
- Hello. I'm Thalheim. State police. - Hello. Stocker.
It's a man. Body's been up here a while. At least one or two weeks.
The forest ranger there found him and phoned the Austrian police.
Yes, I heard. That complicates matters.
- I'm Pirker, alpine police, Salzburg. - Ellie Stocker.
I heard about your rescue mission on Hochkönig.
It's great what your department does.
Thanks.
The Salzburg criminal investigation team is on its way.
- Good morning. - Morning, Ellie.
- You've photographed everything, Max? - Yes.
- Sarah, DNA will be tricky here, right? - No chance. He's been here a while.
- How long? - Two, three weeks.
Deep stab wounds in the neck.
I need a closer look, but barely any blood, so he probably didn't die here.
OK.
I know it's snowed, but have the area checked for traces.
Behind the pass on the Austrian side too. We need as many people as we can get.
Got it.
Not yet.
They'll come for us.
Let me do that, please.
- Hello. - Hi.
He's Graf. I'm Pirker. Alpine police.
Winter. Where's the body? On our side or theirs?
Right on the border.
The situation is a bit complicated.
It's best you talk to the lady yourself.
- Lady? - The Germans are already here.
Lipkowski, do me a favor. Please take your cap off.
BOCHUM MIGRATION OFFICE
Syrian.
- Ellie. The Austrians. - Yep.
STATE BORDER
Morning.
Ellie Stocker. Traunstein criminal investigation unit.
- Winter. - Nice to meet you.
Hello.
- Pretty chilly up here, isn’t it? - Yeah. It's OK. So?
One male dead body. Laid across a border stone.
To be precise, his upper body in Austria, legs in Germany.
OK.
The case is under my jurisdiction.
They found papers in his clothes. He's registered with us.
Let's be very German about this and do it properly:
One of us gets the head, the other the ass.
They're sawing the body out of the ice. Do you want to come in?
Mr. Winter?
Are you OK?
German passport? German problem, I'd say, then.
- Sorry? - The case is yours.
Ellie? You need to see this. He's got something in his hand.
- You can still come along if you like. - No, I'd rather not.
Bye. Nice to meet you.
Short and sweet, your report.
The position of the body is very unusual, right?
Yes.
And do the Germans have a theory yet?
- I don't know. - Did you speak to them up at the pass?
It's not our concern, is it?
Yes. Probably for the best.
Mr. Winter.
We don't know each other that well yet.
I know what happened in Vienna.
That's probably why you transferred here.
No, I'm here for the fresh air.
I just wanted to say that no one, not me or your team, will prejudge you.
Thanks.
And if you want to talk to me about it, my door's always open.
OK.
A few of us are going for a quick drink later if you fancy it.
Thanks. That's nice of you, but I don't drink.
I can barely see that!
Thank you.
Do you need a light?
Falke?
How come you dress so smartly, but live in such a shithole?
You look like a pimp...
but live like an office worker.
Yeah...
- Well, I am a police officer. - Yes.
And what a cop you are.
What is it?
No one knows where you are, what you're doing, where you live.
- I was worried. - You or him?
Everyone. You're one of the family.
I've got a mother. That's enough family for me.
What's wrong?
We work well together, right? And we need someone in Salzburg.
You'll get everything you need from us.
We'll do everything for you, Falke.
I'll think about it.
Mate.
Let's drink to that.
Mr. Winter?
You've got a visitor.
Hello.
We meet again.
I tried to call you yesterday evening, but you didn't answer.
I brought walnut pastries. You've got the best ones here in Salzburg.
I love them.
You remember, right? Ellie Stocker, the inspector from the pass.
German passport? German problem, I'd say, then.
Ellie? You need to see this. He's got something in his hand.
- You can still come along if you like. - No, I'd rather not.
Goodbye. Nice to meet you.
Ellie?
- Thanks. Just what I need. - No problem.
- What about the hair? - It's in the lab, but it'll take a while.
Nothing unusual in the thermal images from the helicopter.
- The Austrians will send theirs. - The autopsy?
- They're on it. - Gruber rang. You can go over whenever.
OK. Did the search team find anything?
The tracks indicate he was brought to the pass by one person on a snowmobile.
The tracks peter out. It's snowed too much.
We're checking what model it might be.
And we'll check farms, cable car stations. See if one's been stolen recently.
Great. Thanks.
Remember the checks on the access roads. Who drives through regularly?
- Ellie? The report on the wallet. - Thanks.
What about the vehicle these keys are for?
Mercedes Vito.
Ask hunters, hotel owners. Maybe someone saw it.
We've already started questioning people in the area, but thanks for the tip...
I like to help, Thomas, not just in curling.
- Do you need anything else? - Yes.
- More people. - Difficult right now.
He's not German, no one misses him. Heigel wants to keep costs down.
Because so much happens here, right?
The Syrian on the registration certificate was five. That doesn't match our body.
Yeah, he's a wee bit older, I'd say.
The finger prints were in the database. Bulgarian. Previous.
Member of the Slowejko family.
Bad Radkersburg. Last summer. The refugees in the truck.
- Yes, I remember. - The body is laid across a border stone.
Hair in his hands. Two stab wounds in the neck.
Why go to the trouble of carrying him up the pass road?
I find a rucksack too heavy when I go up in the mountains.
- You go into the mountains? - You don't think I could?
The mountains and I. Three days rock climbing.
Three days? And then they have to air-lift you out?
Something like that.
I'll give Heigel another call. See what I can do.
DEAD REFUGEES IN BAD RADKERSBURG
THE DEAD INCLUDED WOMEN AND CHILDREN
PETKO SLOWEJKO: TRUCK DRIVER
STOJAN SLOWEJKO: PROBABLE BOSS OF SMUGGLING RING
This is Gedeon Winter. I'll call back.
I tried to call you yesterday evening, but you didn't answer.
You remember, right? Ellie Stocker, the inspector from the pass.
I certainly do remember you.
Have a seat.
I met your boss. A very nice woman.
And what else did you two ladies discuss?
Nothing. Just that you are the liaison officer responsible.
Someone has gone to a crazy amount of effort.
The man was killed somewhere else, then taken to the pass on a snowmobile.
The blood test revealed he had Rohypnol in his system.
Restricts movement, renders people powerless.
That could be why there are no signs of a struggle.
Just the two stab wounds...
in his neck.
That's what he had in his hands.
Test results show it was horse hair.
A bit studied, these photos.
Have you got an artist in Forensics?
I take them myself.
- Don't you want breakfast? - No, thanks. Not hungry.
What am I meant to do now?
The dead man is Stojan Slowejko. Bulgarian. He got two years on parole.
The refugees in Bad Radkersburg?
I did some research last night.
The driver was the only one they nailed.
He got a long prison sentence in Austria. Petko Slowejko.
- Siblings' children, as we say in Austria. - Siblings?
No. Siblings' children: cousins.
They organized the routes together.
- Perfect. We need to speak to him. - Now?
Just check in your database to see where he's locked up.
It's too silly. It doesn't suit us.
Nothing against you, Florian, but we're not some local paper.
We received a report earlier: a body found by a forest ranger on a mountain pass.
Unknown man. Murder.
Little information from the police as usual,
but maybe we can do something with this.
What is it? This is more interesting than cows drinking beer.
No one.
Turek, you'll take this on?
I come from the Ruhr region. I love mountains.
Good.
So, time for my favorite topic: people.
Tim, tell us, who's been up to what?
I smuggled people...
My punishment will be your salvation.
Everything changes.
There will be a new and better world.
The red time of year is coming.
Hey.
Apple.
Apples.
What's all this?
Get back to work.
You're here to work, not flirt.
How ungrateful.
- But I'm not doing anything wrong. - Less talking, more working.
I'm taking a big risk letting you have a job.
If you're not up to it, you'll be back in the Balkans just like that.
Now take the rubbish out. And quick.
It was probably run over.
I know from my dad. He's a hunter.
He was a city official. Even wanted to become mayor once.
It didn't work out.
It really affected him.
He took voluntary early retirement.
Now he goes hunting every spare minute he gets.
I probably get my hunting instinct from him.
What does your father do?
He's not a hunter.
GRAZ-JAKOMINI PRISON
According to the visitors' log, you've had several visits from your cousin...
Stojan.
Fuck you.
What did you talk about with your cousin last time?
That was...
at the beginning of last month.
There was only one subject. As always.
Fucking.
You're a fool.
You know, the bodies in the truck still laugh at how funny you are.
They know exactly what can happen.
Not our fault. It's the politicians. They fuck things up with their laws.
Yes, they're all criminals and you're angels. Fuck off.
It's much more complicated. You've got no idea.
You're head's too shriveled up from all the jerking off.
We found your cousin yesterday. He's dead.
I'm sorry, what?
What the fuck?
Are you talking shit, putko?
- He was murdered. - Very unpleasant.
Fuck you.
Have you seen anything like this before?
Looks like a sign.
A warning.
Perhaps your family was threatened.
My dad always said, "Send 20 men and we'll send 40 balls back."
No one threatens the Slowejkos.
Your father. You used to be big in people smuggling, but it's different now.
The Africans are cutting you out.
You've got no idea.
We're the only ones who can help find your cousin's murderer.
He was executed.
We won't come again.
That's good for you.
Because if you come again I might fuck you.
For the family album.
Let's go.
He talked about a deal.
"A major deal, Petko."
Deal? With whom?
It's not... I don't know. He didn't mention a name.
He just talked about a man from the woods.
Yes, that's what he called him.
Where?
Mr. Slowejko, where did your cousin want to meet this man?
You needn't have shown him the picture of his dead cousin.
He would have talked anyway.
Is that important?
It worked, didn't it?
Maybe. Yes.
Aren't you coming?
Not my area of jurisdiction.
- Thomas, how's it going? - Hi, Ellie. Good, thanks.
Mercedes Vito. The victim's keys fit.
The vehicle was locked.
No sign it's been broken into.
The farmer who owns the forest says the car's been here at least three weeks.
The road down there leads to the pass.
Good. Robert, let's see if the dog can pick up a scent.
MUNICH NEWSPAPER
Thanks.
We assume that the recording of the victim was deliberately sent to the recipient,
a journalist at Munich Newspaper.
He is the only one who has reported on the murder at the pass in detail.
Sent anonymously, no fingerprints, no DNA traces.
Except for those of the journalist.
We compared the voice with an old interrogation recording
of Stojan Slowejko.
And our experts all agreed that the voice on here is that of our victim.
It would seem the perpetrator wants attention.
And...he wants to tell us something.
I refuse...to live in the depths.
I come from Hell.
And trample the sky under your feet.
I know no limits.
I smuggled people.
And destroyed their lives.
My punishment will be your salvation.
Everything changes.
There will be...
a new and better world.
The red time of year is coming.
Mr. Winter?
The noise on the recording. That rustling.
I was there. By the tree. It must have happened there.
The woods seem rather dark and sinister there.
"The darkness is called darkness Because it's always dark there"
Ambros.
- Wolfgang Ambros. Know him? - No.
Doesn't matter.
Well, I don't think my services are needed anymore.
All the best. Good luck.
Mr. Winter?
Why do you do this job?
Interesting.
I ask myself the same question every day.
But I just can't find an answer.
Bye...
Inspector.
The team will be increased. We've got budget for 15 experts.
- Who are the deputies? - Just Thomas.
The rest of the leadership, operation section heads, and so on, you choose.
- You know them best. - Great.
The Austrians aren't involved now, unless you cross the border.
Thanks.
It's about time, isn't it? I'd have had to send you somewhere else otherwise.
To the big city where stuff happens.
- You'd have sent me away? - Certainly.
I prefer it this way, of course.
So...
looking at it like that, the body at the pass was handy for me.
- Bye. - Bye.
I see so badly in the dark now.
Everyone sees badly in the dark.
And you hit it, didn't you?
Why, of all people, is my eyesight deteriorating?
You've got me.
You knew how to do that as a little girl.
Better than the adults.
Pulling the fur over the ears. I can do that.
We should go hunting together again. Like we used to.
Yes, let's do that.
What about that shelf? Shall I help you put it up?
There's no hurry. Come on. Sit down. Let's eat.
Thanks.
Good evening.
Hello?
Hello!
Shall I tell you all a secret?