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9 HOURS SINCE MIKKEL'S DISAPPEARANCE

Jonas!

LIES

The victim is male, between 10 and 12.

Time of death... about 16 hours ago.

The burns around the eyes are strange. Like they're melted.

No signs of sexual abuse,

no sperm, no foreign DNA.

One thing is strange. Take a look.

Apart from the burns, the ear canals are destroyed.

The inner ear was damaged too.

Both eardrums have burst.

From an extremely loud sound?

Yes... Or pressure,

caused by a nosedive.

Or by intense rotation, such as in a centrifuge.

Do you know what otoconia are?

Tiny grains in the ear canals

that help us differentiate between up and down.

They can get confused.

When the body rotates, for example. We lose our balance.

With this boy, none of the grains are where they should be.

Mikkel!

Mikkel!

Mikkel!

Mikkel!

What were you doing up there?

Ouch! Are you crazy?

What were you doing?

I heard you guys talking at school.

About the caves...

and Erik's drugs...

so I thought...

I don't know what I thought.

I'm sorry about Mikkel.

Monday night in Winden, another boy vanished without a trace.

According to the police, the 11-year-old

was last seen with his siblings in Winden Forest

near the nuclear power plant and the Winden Caves.

The police are asking the public for tips that may help solve the case.

Citizens' groups are also coordinating searches with local authorities.

For two weeks now, a 15-year-old boy

from the Winden area has been missing.

Police have declined to comment on whether

the two missing persons cases are related.

Hello.

It's Mom.

You're probably out.

About Mikkel...

I really don't know what to say.

Are Martha and Magnus okay?

Should we...

Can we help?

Call me when you hear this.

We're very worried.

Okay.

I...

I couldn't get hold of Ulrich.

Shouldn't we go see the kids?

They've organized various search parties. I have to go.

Where were you last night?

I woke up around midnight. You weren't there.

Couldn't sleep.

I went into the garden to get the bushes ready for winter.

The car wasn't there either.

We were out of cord.

I had to go to the gas station.

First Mads, now Mikkel.

It's exactly like back then.

When Dad's brother disappeared, how old was he?

MOTHER'S DAY 1986

Your father was 15.

Mads was three years younger.

And he was never found?

We talked about Erik.

In the forest.

Mikkel thought that was the worst.

When someone isn't found.

Mikkel's coming back.

Definitely.

Hey, this is Martha. Leave a message after the beep.

Hey, Martha.

It's me.

I, um...

Just call me back, okay? Bye.

The dead boy is neither Mikkel nor Erik.

This kid is disfigured. The eyes are completely burnt.

There was red soil all over his clothes.

But none where he was found.

And it looks as if someone dressed the boy in clothes from the '80s.

The shoes, the Walkman... From the '80s as well.

We found this around his neck:

a one-pfennig coin from 1986 on a red cord.

The cassette contains this.

We fall through the time stream Then awaken from a dream

- And Mikkel and Erik? - Wöller will coordinate the search.

For now we won't make the discovery of the body public.

We've got two missing kids and a dead, unidentified boy.

Contact the central office for missing persons.

Question everyone in the proximity. Everyone!

In the cave... there's a door! I found a door.

Can I have a word?

There's a door inside the cave, leading to the nuclear plant.

We need a search warrant.

Maybe Mikkel accessed the grounds through that door.

That's a high security area. You can't just enter.

- Maybe he climbed the fence. - The barbed wire?

We checked the fence. There was no damage to it.

You're thinking the same thing, right?

That the cases are all connected. The dead boy, Erik, Mikkel.

Maybe you were right. It's just like it was back then.

Mads disappeared at the same spot. Close to the nuclear power plant.

Something is wrong up there... I just know it.

Okay.

I'll request the search warrant.

The police will be here soon.

We need to get rid of them tonight, Jürgen.

Tonight.

They'll be snooping all over here.

Maybe someone else should do it.

Because of Erik... They'll be watching.

Are you blackmailing me?