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[Egil] Yes, he's very upset.
Very upset. Of course.
Listen, I think she's here.
Okay, I'll talk to you when I get home.
Okay, honey. See you then. Bye.
-Where's Kari? -He's packing.
Packing?
Yeah, he's going to stay with us for a bit.
Why?
What went through your mind?
-I just thought that I could-- -Could what?
Could what, Kata?
Carry on lying?
You know, I don't understand what's going on with you?
How could you think that Kari had anything to do with this terrible thing?
He's a witness, not a perpetrator.
-I can fix this. -Oh really?
Just let me talk to him.
Kari, listen to me.
I understand why you're angry with me.
You know you mean the world to me, and I'll do better from now on.
Why didn't you trust me?
Why didn't you believe me?
I wanted to be...
to know for sure.
-Just thinking about you. -Mom, you weren't thinking about me.
-Kari, buddy, are you coming? -Yep.
Kari.
Kata.
It's okay.
This will blow over.
It's okay.
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-Hey. -Sorry, sorry!
Hello, Steinthor.
Do you remember me?
Yeah.
How are you doing?
Hurts like hell.
I'm alive, so I can't complain.
Thanks.
I need to ask you some questions.
All right?
Okay.
Do you know how Kristjan found you?
When I got out a few weeks ago,
I reached out to him soon after about the article.
About the skeleton in Hvalfjordur?
Yeah.
We talked about Tommi and Valhalla.
Left on good terms.
He just shows up out of nowhere suddenly.
Then, next thing I remember, you were right there, next to me.
You knew the bones were Tomas'.
Didn't you?
The lighter.
I saw the picture of the lighter and I knew it was Tommi's.
He would light it when I would have nightmares.
Did you have anything to do with his murder?
No, of course not.
-Some people would say otherwise. -Nonsense.
Then tell me what happened the night he disappeared.
Brynja...
Brynja came to us
in the night.
I heard her walking
in the corridor.
She came into the room I shared with Tomas.
And we knew Tommi... Well, Tommi knew it was his turn,
so he had something with him that night.
That stupid knife.
That night he was going to end all our suffering for us.
He wasn't going to let it go on like that.
And then...
Then she brought him down there to the basement,
the place where the man waited for us.
And then...
And then, two or three minutes later I heard the man down there shout.
I tried to sneak out of the room,
but I guess Brynja had locked the door.
The next day, we were told that Tommi had run away...
That they were looking for him, but I knew it wasn't true.
I knew he had been... I knew he had been killed.
That's what I know.
How can you be so sure about that?
Because...
We were running away together, but...
[Magnus] I want to welcome you all to this press conference.
We will be taking your questions shortly.
May I ask you, please keep your questions simple, relevant and to the point.
First, a word from the national commissioner.
Thank you, all. As everyone knows, we've been under immense pressure lately,
but we are finally approaching the end
of the most extensive murder investigation in our country's history.
We owe a huge debt of gratitude to all the investigators
who have worked round the clock on this case.
...suspect's guilt or innocence.
The results of our investigation will be...
Oh, sorry, honey. Did I wake you?
No, not at all.
These procedures are certainly different from those
criminal trials. The extent of compensation will be decided...
You didn't bother to tell me the case had been solved?
Have you questioned the man believed to be responsible
for the disappearance of the boy from Valhalla
on October 3, 1988?
Right now, he is not--
[Helga] We cannot disclose that information at present.
Is that case under investigation anymore?
[Magnus] Our current position is that
these two cases are in fact one and the same--
Yes, of course the boy's death will be investigated and
we'll continue to look at Valhalla and anything else
that could be somehow connected.
Was the murder weapon found and was there any DNA?
[Arnar] Yes, there are two murder weapons in question.
One was found a few days ago at the crime scene
and it has a fingerprint.
The other one was found on the deceased
and we're still examining it for traces of evidence.
According to my sources, the killer actually shot himself with a gun
belonging to a police woman who was at the scene.
Would you kindly elaborate?
What is your source on this?
Could this have been prevented?
Is it a sign of incompetence
that this police weapon ended up with him?
What the hell does she think she knows about it!
[Magnus] We will examine every aspect of the incident to get to
the truth of what happened.
The officer in question is currently on leave
pending an investigation, as mandated by law,
and she will provide her testimony later.
Let's not forget why we're here today.
It's because this landmark case--
Just a bunch of fools there, Kata.
Alright, everyone!
You know, usually a case of this magnitude
can be known to take months or even years outside of Iceland.
We closed it in just over a week.
We still need to tie up loose ends.
These reports will go through Helga and her staff.
The state prosecutor has asked that we
make sure Steinthor Jonsson takes immediate priority.
I want to thank you all for doing such an amazing job here.
And how are you feeling now?
I'm doing good.
How are things at home?
What do you mean?
You've had a lot on your plate recently.
That, coupled with stress, could affect your work.
Are you suggesting that... that my personal life
made it easier to drop my pistol?
No, I'm not suggesting that, Kata, but...
I understand you're angry that you're here.
But this is all simply part of procedure. You know that.
A gun was pointed at your head.
A man took his own life in front of you.
This is something you have to work through.
This kind of trauma can start an emotional chain reaction,
and sometimes our loved ones have to suffer for it.
Our families don't always know what we're going through or...
or where the anger comes from.
I...
I thought he was about to shoot me.
I thought I might not see Kari again.
Yet, somehow...
there is some part of me...
that understands him.
Understands?
Kristjan.
His son was taken from him.
Sent to Valhalla.
He was abused at that place.
Molested.
Killed at that place.
He thought they were guilty.
Got his revenge.
Do you think he did the right thing?
Of course not.
If the same happened to Kari though...
So, um... How much...
Will this evaluation take a lot of time?
Don't you worry about that. We'll take all the time we need.
-Have you found anything on Gudmundur? -No, not yet.
Kristjan used pepper spray on Gudmundur.
-Really? -Yeah.
Can you get me the other autopsy reports?
Yeah, no problem.
We were taken down to the basement...
into a dark room, where you couldn't see anything.
But I remember the sound...
like dripping water.
It was like a shower or a leaky faucet.
FORENSIC AUTOPSY - FINDINGS
What do you think?
Well, there's a lot that doesn't quite fit.
Gudmundur is the youngest of the four, physically stronger.
Perhaps that's why Kristjan used the pepper spray...
And...
I’m here. I'll be out front.
The murder of Brynja...
is different than Thor, who wasn't killed exactly like Omar was.
Yeah.
So Kristjan must have gotten better each murder.
-I mean, that's not unusual. -No, but that's not all.
There were clippings there on Brynja, Thor, Omar, Steinthor,
all pinned there by Kristjan. And nothing on Gudmundur.
-Nothing? -No, nothing at all.
The stab wounds on Gudmundur weren't as deep as on the others
and were made with less force.
His eyes weren't slashed.
No Valhalla photo found at his house.
The shoe prints also appear to be different
from the ones found at Omar's.
I mean, there's simply too much that doesn't add up.
-Have you told anyone else? -No.
I wanted to run it by you first.
-Okay, can you write up a report? -I'll talk to Magnus.
-Can I take this with me? -Sure, I've got copies of everything.
Here you go.
I don't know if it helps, but I brought some more mail from my dad.
-Just in case, I guess. -Every little bit...
might help us, you know.
How's it going in Valkyrie?
Not good. I die a lot.
How are you doing?
After what happened with your father?
I don't know.
No.
You know you can talk to me about anything.
You know, it's good to talk about some things.
I just brought some mail. I thought it might help.
Yeah, sure.
It helps.
But if you want to talk about that other stuff...
I can listen to you.
I have to go.
I have to get home before mom.
No, Fannar, sit down, talk to me.
-I have to go, seriously. -Fannar, please don't go.
Listen...
-Take another look at it. -Yeah, will do.
Did they send us the phone records for Gudmundur?
Yeah, why?
Can I see them?
I have them here.
Sent it.
Anything going on?
No, just a follow-up.
Okay.
ICELANDIC NATIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICE
Hi, do you have a minute?
I'm on the air in about 15 minutes.
Can you tell me why you were talking to Gudmundur Finnbogason
the day before and the day of his murder?
-Give us a sec. -Yeah.
Gudmundur called me and said he wanted to talk about Valhalla.
He wanted to show me some pictures.
What pictures?
Some pictures from Valhalla.
Did you find any at his house?
He mention what he wanted to say?
He mentioned something about abuse,
which of course we knew about.
He was going to say something about the disappearance of Tomas.
About Tomas?
Yes, but like I said, I never got the chance to ask him anything.
He didn't want to talk on the phone.
Okay, thanks.
Gudmundur was going to bring pictures to Selma.
Where are they?
Why was there nothing about Gudmundur in anything of Kristjan's?
You know, it just doesn't add up.
Let's see what Helga says.
I'll ask Hugrun to make copies of everything for her first thing tomorrow.
Yeah.
Hey.
One more thing.
Elsa begged me to invite you over to our place for dinner tonight.
Around eight?
-Yeah, I can do that. -Good.
INCIDENT REPORT BORGARNES POLICE
-Arnar! -Hi!
Come in, come in. It's freezing out.
-Just like old times! -Yeah.
-What's it like being back home, Arnar? -I remember the smell here so clearly.
-The smell? -The smell hasn't changed.
Oh, I hope it's not a bad smell.
Not at all, no.
When Magnus told me you were coming over,
I decided I'd cook your favorite.
-What's that? -Sausage with white sauce.
Arnar, a word in private?
Did you talk to Hugrun and Helga about Gudmundur?
Yes, Helga's going to look into it tomorrow.
Okay. Great. Then we'll speak about it in more detail.
Listen.
I got a call from Oslo today.
They want you to come back, now that the case is closed.
-But the case is not closed. -I know, I know.
I did everything in my power to keep you here longer.
Well, really, the truth of the matter is your job here is finished.
I see.
When do I leave then?
From what they told me, you leave tomorrow evening.
Arnar, my friend. Don't worry about it.
I'll go over everything in detail with Helga tomorrow.
Yeah, okay. Good.
Are you sure you don't want to stay for dinner?
-No, thanks. I feel completely stuffed. -Okay.
That's Kata. She won every single swim meet she entered.
You should have seen her in the water, she was like a dolphin.
Mom.
-I'll clear the table, sweetheart. -Thank you, mom.
Well, I just wanted to stop by and say bye.
-Are you leaving? -Tomorrow.
And what? When do we get to see you again?
-How about you, how are you doing? -I'm good.
I have time to do some knitting.
So, how's work?
That's actually the second reason I wanted to stop by.
Some lasagne?
Uh, no thanks.
Mom, he's not hungry.
How's that possible? He's just some skin and bones.
Oh god. Sorry.
[Arnar laughs]
You were saying?
You know I can't go into some of the details since you're on leave.
Oh, give me a break.
Hugrun found a few anomalies with the murder of Gudmundur.
Give me an example.
Gudmundur was pepper sprayed,
and we found nothing about him at Kristjan's.
-How is that possible? -I don't know.
-He also talked to Steinthor. -Oh, what did he say?
-He said he didn't murder Tomas. -Really?
He said he heard a man's yell...
coming from the basement the night Tomas disappeared.
He heard a man's yell?
Likely the man who was abusing them.
Steinthor said Tomas was carrying a knife with him,
so he might have stabbed the man.
You think that's the truth?
I have no idea.
I expect Helga and the team will look into it.
Well...
Yeah, the other reason I came was really to thank you for a great partnership.
Thanks, same here.
Okay.
Oh, this is for you.
-What's this? -From Magnus. He told me to say hi.
Okay.
-Bye, Kata. -Bye, travel safe.
Dear Kata, No night is so dark it can eclipse the coming day.
You are an outstanding policewoman, the best in this city, and I am certain
you will return to work before long. Yours, Magnus.
Yes, hi. This is Hakon from Borgarnes.
I'm sorry for calling so late. I just...
wasn't sure who would be the best to call down there.
No worries. What can I do for you?
You don't have to pause.
-This is about Valhalla. -Yes. What is it?
I found a hidden room downstairs.
-In the basement? -Yeah, under the stairs.
I think that's the room that the man mentioned when he spoke on the news.
Could you possibly send someone from the city to check it out?
I'm here.
You were trying to give me a heart attack, huh?
What, how else was I supposed to wake you?
You could have, you know, honked the horn, given me some kind of warning.
-Got any luminol in your car? -Yes.
Can you go get it for me?
Sure.
Sweet Jesus.
It's like a slaughterhouse.
Tomas had to have been murdered in here.
Isn't all the DNA gone by now?
Not necessarily.
And we might be lucky and get some DNA from the murderer.
I mean, isn't the blood from the kid?
Well, maybe.
But a man's yell was heard coming out of the basement that night.
-That's odd. -What?
There's nothing about Tomas in our records.
How...
-That can't be right. -Wait.
Nope.
There could be something downstairs.
Hey, I found it.
No way.
BORGARNES POLICE REPORT
Gerdur Bardardottir?
The lady who lives right by Valhalla.
That's right. Borg.
Shouldn't we go and talk to her?
Might remember that night even.
Yes, I'll never forget it.
We knew Tomas. He was really good.
He had fight, had some guts.
Not like the small little weak boys you see around today.
How did you know Tomas?
He always went through our fields whenever he tried to run away from Valhalla.
Dad would go and pick him up, and then we'd call the boys' home.
-I knew all the plans he had. -What plans?
Of going back to Reykjavik, you know.
He told me right before he disappeared
that he just wanted to see his parents so badly.
He said that next time he would make it all the way back.
-You said all this to the police? -Oh, yes.
-We told them that. -Oh yeah.
That's right.
There was a bunch of traffic the night he disappeared.
-How much? -Well, two cars.
-The night Tomas vanished? -Yes.
One came earlier, but a... cop car...
The cop car came in the night.
-A cop car? -Yes.
It should be in there. We told the officer who made the report about it.
There's nothing about a cop car here, and nothing about another car.
We'll have to question this Tryggvi Sighvatsson, who filed the report.
-Don't tell me he's dead. -Old Tryggvi?
Nah, he's not dead.
To the dismay of many.
Tryggvi, dear, you've got visitors.
Police Chief Hakon and Katrin Gunnarsdottir from Reykjavik police.
How are you doing, Tryggvi?
-Call me if you need anything. -Thank you.
Well...
What do you want?
Hello, Tryggvi.
We would like to talk to you about a police report
that you filed 30 years ago,
the one about Tomas Kristjansson.
Tryggvi.
Could you take a look and help us?
I have no idea what she's talking about.
Tomas Kristjansson, a young boy who disappeared from Valhalla.
Surely you remember.
Is this not your signature here?
Tryggvi.
Don't be like that.
Listen, I don't have time for this.
Yeah, run back home. This is no job for a woman.
For crying out loud.
Could I talk to him alone?
-Well, yeah, I mean, are you sure? -Yeah, be a minute.
Okay.
Thanks.
Tryggvi, I know exactly how you feel.
I've made mistakes, too.
Mistakes so bad, that I...
I can't forget them, no matter what I do.
I shouldn't even be here now.
I'm on a leave because I lost my pistol
to the man who shot himself in the head with it.
A gun I'm not sure I needed to bring with me...
in the first place at all, you know.
But that's not the worst part.
I thought my own son had done a terrible thing to a girl.
So I destroyed evidence for him.
Only you and I know about this.
But the thing about mistakes is that
it's never too late to make up for them.
As you just heard, I've got... a whole bunch of mistakes weighing me down.
I will make up for them.
I'll try.
If I don't, I'll have...
a hard time living with myself.
I didn't write that report.
I wasn't even in town.
Why is your name written on it?
I wrote my name on the thing since I was the chief of police at the time.
He's the one who wrote it.
Who wrote it?
Well, Maggi.
Maggi? Maggi who?
The Reykjavik police commissioner.