Monsters (Stvůry)

Is something up?

Bang the door shut when you leave.

Yes Jirka, I'm listening.

The body of a young girl's been found at Ohří, a short distance from Lovosice.

Looks like it might be the work of Medard.

Right, I'm on my way there.

- Thanks. I'll send the co-ordinates. - Right.

ALL THE GOOD DEEDS

Inform me the moment Linhartová arrives.

A woman. Around 20 years old, a large number of slash wounds,

rib cage open, some organs damaged or removed,

but it seems to be the work of an amateur.

I was going to say "good morning", but it doesn't feel much like one.

Have we got anything to identify her by?

We've found a rucksack, but no phone or documents.

There's a key ring with the letter "A" on it.

- How long's she been lying here? - No more than two days.

Is it Medard's work? He might have been able to manage it.

We'll see.

It doesn't look like she bit her nails.

Do you think he threw her off that bridge?

If he'd thrown her off that bridge,

she'd have been carried further down by the current.

There's no signs of dragging the body to the river,

so he must have thrown her off a bridge.

If you ask me he threw her off that one upstream.

Where's the one that found her?

Over there. It's going berserk.

What about its owner?

Marek John, a disability pensioner. He's in shock.

If it's Medard's work it can be pretty quick.

If only.

I've looked at those missing girls, none of them fits the description.

It's Monday. So start by phoning round the high schools.

Laura!

This is captain Adam Beneš. Captain Laura Linhartová.

Pleased to meet you, captain Linhartová.

What are you doing here?

I've been transferred from Brno.

- Do you two know each other? - Yes.

- We used to be together. - At school.

We used to go to school together.

Don't you want me here?

I don't want you airing my private life in public.

Like when I said we used to be together?

Yes. It's personal stuff. It's no one's business.

Why did you leave Brno?

I don't know, I needed a change of scene.

Can you be any more specific?

No. Personal stuff.

Study that.

It'll take me a week to read that. Can't you give me a brief summary?

Last week the body of a young girl was found with a large number of slash wounds.

We arrested Medard Markovič, a potential admirer of the victim.

We've got a confession from him. Unrequited love.

And now another girl's been found, five kilometres from the first.

Right. So let's go and interrogate him.

We'll work this one case together,

but then I'm going to tell Šedaj to partner you with someone else.

Do you know this girl, Markovič?

Take a proper look.

It's got nothing to do with me.

I've already told you about Lucie. But...

You were walking along the bridge and you came across this girl.

You exchanged a few words, she got under your skin somehow.

And so you killed her..

- Medard, until you tell us where you... - Two sliced up girls in one week,

not even 5 kilometres away from each other.

And you're seriously telling us it's nothing to do with you?

Do you think we're totally stupid?

I swear it wasn't me.

Interview suspended.

- Get out of here. - Right.

You think he'll talk now?

- You said that the murders were identical. - Not identical, similar!

All right, sorry.

We're not going to work like this, understand?

All right.

I estimate she died Friday evening.

But she definitely wasn't murdered where she was found.

The body's been moved.

So Medard couldn't have done it if you arrested him on Friday.

The cause of death surprisingly wasn't any of the stab wounds

but a blow to the head, her skull was smashed in.

There are strangulation marks, many bruises on the body.

These indicate that someone immobilised both her hands by force.

Maybe he knelt on her back and tried to strangle her.

She fought back, so he banged her head on the floor.

Exactly, several times it seems.

- He must have been strong. - Not really.

That girl weighed barely fifty kilos.

We found a lot of splinters on her head, under her fingernails and on her clothes.

That means there must be a wooden floor at the crime scene.

All these wounds are postmortem. Some are shallow, some are deeper,

as if the killer was mapping out his terrain.

How do you mean?

He removed the organs from her digestive system.

The pharynx, the oesophagus, the stomach.

Why did he take them out?

To empty them of their contents.

He rinsed out the organs with a bleaching agent,

did the same with mouth, and brushed the victim's teeth.

He brushed her teeth?

We don't have much to go on, everything was absolutely clean.

Shortly before her death the victim had sex.

Apparently consensual.

- I took a sperm sample. - And?

Unfortunately the DNA doesn't match anyone in the database. Or your suspect.

So we can definitively rule out Medard.

Yes, Jirka?

Finally someone's reported a girl missing.

Anna Pittnerová, age 19. She lives in Lovosice.

Right, we're on our way. Send the co-ordinates.

Anna Pittnerová.

Anna, that'll match the key ring, right?

How do you know she had a key ring?

It was in those photos from the file.

I'm not as much of an idiot as you think.

- Hello. - Hello. Captain Linhartová, CID.

Hello, I'm Mrs. Pittnerová, come in. They're here!

Sorry, I've got my hands rather full.

- When did you last see your daughter? - Here.

Thanks. On Friday morning, before she left for school.

She told me she had something on over the weekend,

so I thought she'd be staying with her mother.

That's why I didn't start looking for her earlier.

Plus she's nineteen years old, she's an adult.

We had an agreement with Anna that she can sleep wherever she wants,

but she has to let me know. You know that.

Sure, that's true, but she also had that taser we gave her.

Since when have you known your daughter was missing?

Since this morning.

My son Alfred... He spent the weekend at his mother's, this morning

he came by for some school books and asked where his sister was.

So who was the last person to see her?

Most probably her friend,

around two on Friday afternoon when they finished school.

- Name? - Iveta Šubrtová.

Any idea where your daughter might have gone afterwards?

She goes to the arts school where I teach piano. For singing lessons.

Yes, but she didn't turn up. I just spoke to Dalibor.

- Dalibor? - Our friend, who teaches her singing.

- Surname? - Dalibor Čermák.

Is this your daughter's key ring?

Yes, that... that's Anička.

Who did this to her?

At the moment that's under investigation.

Can you show us her body? I want to see her.

Your daughter had already been dead two days when we found her.

What exactly happened to her?

We think it would be better to inform you of the details gradually.

We're her parents, we have the right to know what happened to her!

Believe us, it's in your interest. Do you need some fresh air?

Come with me.

Mr. Pittner. I'm going to have to ask you a few questions.

Did Anna have any enemies?

- Not that I know of. - What about friends?

Yes, she was quite popular. Her best friend was Iveta.

Šubrtová?

They were very close. And then Oliver. Kocman.

- She was dating him the last few months. - What kind of relationship did they have?

I don't think Anna took it too seriously. She was young.

- Did they ever fall out? - They argued all the time.

To be frank I don't think he was good enough for her.

I was convinced Anna could do better.

Did she stay with her father more often than with you?

At my place she had to share a room with Alfred.

How did she get on with Valerie?

She tried, for her dad's sake, she didn't want to lose him.

But I don't believe she liked her.

We used to be a happy family before she turned up.

That house where she lives with Honza, he built for us.

For me.

For Alfred.

For Anna.

Now it's all gone.

We've interviewed the victim's immediate family. Matyáš, please...

Jan Pittner's alibi checks out.

He had a working dinner in Brno and then stayed over at a hotel with a colleague.

They didn't come home until Saturday morning.

Valerie Pittnerová works part time at the arts school,

that day she left after six, went shopping on the way home

and got back around half past seven.

- Isn't she on maternity leave? - No.

Have you checked that she was home at 7:30?

Yes.

At six fifty she paid by card at the petrol station

and talked to her babysitter who confirmed her time of arrival.

What did you find out about Beáta Pittnerová?

She works as an accountant and lives in a rented flat.

On Friday she came home from work at four, then she watched TV with her son Alfred.

How do you plan to proceed?

Laura?

We're inspecting the Pittners' place and concentrating on the electronics.

Matyáš is checking her social networks.

We requested tracking of Anna's phone.

Her phone history shows she hardly called or texted anyone except her family.

In the last month she sent some texts to a prepaid-card number.

We've tried to locate it, but it's unreachable now.

The victim had sex shortly before her death.